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Paleofossus
Taxonomy
Paleofossus was named by Pokrovskaya (1959) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Boto Sepkoski's reference number: 923]. It is not extant.
It was assigned to Corynexochida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Edelsteinaspididae by Jell and Adrain (2002).
It was assigned to Corynexochida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Edelsteinaspididae by Jell and Adrain (2002).
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1959 | Paleofossus Pokrovskaya |
| 2002 | Paleofossus Jell and Adrain p. 417 |
| 2002 | Paleofossus Sepkoski |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Paleofossus Pokrovskaya 1959
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, o = order, c = class | |||||
| References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Botomian or 516.00000 to 512.10000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Cambrian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | P. sp. (156145) | |
| Botomian | Russian Federation (Khakasiya) | P. zaicevi (81317) | |
| Botomian | Australia (South Australia) | P. sp. (233877) P. sp. indet. (225165) |