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Prosopiscus
Taxonomy
Prosopiscus was named by Salter (1865) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren-u O Cara Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Prosopiscidae.
It was assigned to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Prosopiscidae by Fortey and Shergold (1984), Jell and Adrain (2002).
It was assigned to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Prosopiscidae by Fortey and Shergold (1984), Jell and Adrain (2002).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by D. van Oyen on 2013-04-30
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1865 | Prosopiscus Salter |
| 1984 | Prosopiscus Fortey and Shergold p. 357 |
| 2002 | Prosopiscus Jell and Adrain p. 431 |
| 2002 | Prosopiscus 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. †Prosopiscus Salter 1865
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†Prosopiscus edgarensis Legg 1976
†Prosopiscus praecox Fortey and Shergold 1984
†Prosopiscus rugosus Lu 1974
†Prosopiscus subparallelus Lu 1974
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Chewtonian to the top of the Late/Upper Llanvirn or 473.10000 to 458.20000 Ma
Collections (16 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arenig | Australia (Queensland) | P. sp., P. praecox (157053) | |
| Arenig | Australia (Northern Territory) | P. praecox (157079) P. sp. (157077) P. sp., P. praecox (157076) | |
| Arenig | China (YunNan) | P. sp. (7734) | |
| Chewtonian | Australia (Tasmania) | P. subquadratus (79013) | |
| Darriwilian | Australia (Western Australia) | P. edgarensis (236064) | |
| Darriwilian | Australia (Queensland) | P. sp. (77521) | |
| Darriwilian | Australia (Northern Territory) | P. praecox (154165 154166) | |
| Late/Upper Llanvirn | Argentina (San Juan) | P. sp. (73372 73374 73377) | |
| Llandeilo | China (Guizhou) | P. rugosus (188422 188425) P. subparallelus (188421) |