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Cheilocephalus brachyops
Taxonomy
Cheilocephalus brachyops was named by Palmer (1965). Its type specimen is USNM 141514, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1965 | Cheilocephalus brachyops Palmer p. 30 figs. Pl. 1, fig. 12 |
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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.
†Cheilocephalus brachyops Palmer 1965
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class | |||||
| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Steptoean or 497.00000 to 493.50000 Ma
Collections (13 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steptoean | USA (Nevada and Utah) | Cheilocephalus brachyops (74910) | |
| Steptoean | USA (Nevada) | Cheilocephalus brachyops (114293 114296 114298 114605 114606 114608) | |
| Franconian | USA (Arkansas) | Cheilocephalus brachyops (77107) | |
| Furongian | USA (California) | Cheilocephalus brachyops (226277) | |
| Furongian | USA (Arkansas) | Cheilocephalus brachyops (229131 229193 229194 229196) |