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Pulchricapitus
Taxonomy
Pulchricapitus was named by Kurtz (1975) [Sepkoski's age data: ]. It is not extant. Its type is Pulchricapitus davisi.
It was assigned to Pterocephaliidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Pterocephaliidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002).
Species
P. davisi (type species), P. fetosus
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1975 | Pulchricapitus Kurtz |
| 2002 | Pulchricapitus Jell and Adrain p. 436 |
| 2002 | Pulchricapitus 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. †Pulchricapitus Kurtz 1975
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†Pulchricapitus davisi Kurtz 1975
†Pulchricapitus fetosus Hohensee and Stitt 1989
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: Steptoean or 497.00000 to 493.50000 Ma
Collections (13 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Steptoean | USA (Arkansas) | P. fetosus (225281) | |
| Steptoean | Canada (Alberta) | P. davisi (54076) | |
| Franconian | USA (Missouri) | P. davis (9192 9194) | |
| Furongian | USA (Arkansas) | P. fetosus (229129 229130 229131 229133 229193 229194 229196 229197 229198) |