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Antarcticheles antarcticus
Taxonomy
Antarcticheles antarcticus was named by Aguirre-Urreta et al. (1990). Its type specimen is CIRGEO 1248, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sharp Valley near Stoneley Point, which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian marine shale in the Ameghino Formation of Antarctica. It is the type species of Antarcticheles.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1990 | Antarcticheles antarcticus Aguirre-Urreta et al. p. 159 fig. 2a,b |
| 2010 | Antarcticheles antarcticus Schweitzer et al. p. 45 |
| 2013 | Antarcticheles antarcticus Feldmann et al. p. 6 fig. 5.1 |
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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.
†Antarcticheles antarcticus Aguirre-Urreta et al. 1990
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992 | |||||
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Callovian | Antarctica | Cycleryon sp. (234039) | |
| Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | Antarctica | Antarcticheles antarcticus (type locality: 158964) |