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Morosa brevispina
Taxonomy
Morosa brevispina was named by Palmer (1965). Its type specimen is USNM 141807, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS loc. 1268-CO, Last Chance Range, which is in a Dresbachian marine shale in the Nopah Formation of California.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1965 | Morosa brevispina Palmer p. 87 figs. Pl. 20, fig. 16 |
| 2002 | Morosa brevispina Jell and Adrain p. 87 figs. Pl. 20, fig. 16 |
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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.
†Morosa brevispina Palmer 1965
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997 | |||||
Age range: Dresbachian or 497.00000 to 486.85000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Dresbachian | USA (California) | Morosa brevispina (type locality: 226676) | |
| Dresbachian | USA (Nevada) | Morosa brevispina (75437) | |
| Furongian | USA (California) | Morosa brevispina (226278 226284) |