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Canoptum spinosum
Taxonomy
Canoptum spinosum was named by Yeh (1987). Its type specimen is NMNS (000001) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Suplee-Izee area, OR-600A, which is in a Toarcian marine tuff/limestone in the Hyde Formation of Oregon.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1987 | Canoptum spinosum Yeh p. 64 figs. Pl. 1, Fig. 1-2, 8-9, 15, 17, 21 |
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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.
†Canoptum spinosum Yeh 1987
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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Age range: Early/Lower Toarcian or 184.20000 to 182.90000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Toarcian | USA (Oregon) | Canoptum spinosum (type locality: 124328 124329 124331) | |
| Early/Lower Toarcian | Japan | Canoptum spinosum (124830) |