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Mystrocephala
Taxonomy
Mystrocephala was named by Whittington (1960). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Brachymetopinae by Owens and Hammann (1990); to Brachymetopidae by Adrain and Kloc (1997), Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Brachymetopinae by Owens and Hammann (1990); to Brachymetopidae by Adrain and Kloc (1997), Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1960 | Mystrocephala Whittington |
| 1990 | Mystrocephala Owens and Hammann |
| 1997 | Mystrocephala Adrain and Kloc p. 709 |
| 2002 | Mystrocephala Jell and Adrain p. 409 |
| 2002 | Mystrocephala 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. †Mystrocephala Whittington 1960
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†Mystrocephala pulchra Cooper and Cloud 1938
†Mystrocephala stummi Fagerstrom 1961
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, o = order, c = class | |||||
| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997 | |||||
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Emsian | Canada (Ontario) | M. sp. Ludvigsen 1987 (23102) | |
| Eifelian | Canada (Ontario) | M. stummi (3845) | |
| Southwoodian | USA (Indiana) | M. varicella (188933) | |
| Givetian | USA (Illinois) | Cordania pulchra (54909) | |
| Givetian | USA (Iowa) | M. pulchra (94215) M. raripustulosus (94213) |