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Whittingtonia
Taxonomy
Whittingtonia was named by Prantl and Pribyl (1949). Its type is Acidaspis bispinosus.
It was assigned to Miraspidinae by Bruton (1966); to Odontopleurida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Odontopleuridae by Whittington (1956) and Jell and Adrain (2002).
It was assigned to Miraspidinae by Bruton (1966); to Odontopleurida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Odontopleuridae by Whittington (1956) and Jell and Adrain (2002).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1949 | Whittingtonia Prantl and Pribyl |
| 1956 | Whittingtonia Whittington p. 516 |
| 1966 | Whittingtonia Bruton |
| 2002 | Whittingtonia Jell and Adrain p. 460 |
| 2002 | Whittingtonia 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. †Whittingtonia Prantl and Pribyl 1949
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†Whittingtonia bispinosa McCoy 1846
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Invalid names: Trapelocera breviloba Angelin 1854 [synonym]
†Whittingtonia whittingtoni Kielan 1960
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009 | |||||
Collections (9 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mohawkian | USA (Nevada) | W. sp. (104573) | |
| Katian | Sweden (Dalarna) | W. bispinosa (124939) | |
| Katian - Hirnantian | Sweden (Dalarne) | W. bispinosa (73413) | |
| Ashgill | Spain (Aragon) | W. bispinosa (80725 80768) | |
| Rawtheyan | United Kingdom (England) | W. sp. (3676) | |
| Rawtheyan | United Kingdom (Wales) | W. sp. (3675) | |
| Rawtheyan | Ireland (Leinster) | W. bispinosa (87631) | |
| Aeronian | United Kingdom (England) | W. whittingtoni (50289) |