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Aphelotoxon acuminata
Taxonomy
Bynumiella acuminata was named by Palmer (1960) [Questionably assigned to this genus]. Its type specimen is USNM 136903, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Aphelotoxon.
It was recombined as Aphelotoxon acuminata by Palmer (1965).
It was recombined as Aphelotoxon acuminata by Palmer (1965).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
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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.
†Aphelotoxon acuminata Palmer 1960
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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 (9 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Steptoean | USA (Nevada) | Aphelotoxon acuminata (110446 110620 110625 111324 111325 122138 122139) Bynumiella acuminata (75270) | |
| Furongian | USA (Utah) | Aphelotoxon acuminata (156433) |