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Diospilus acourti
Taxonomy
Diospilus acourti was named by Cockerell (1921). Its type specimen is BMNH I. 9071(B), an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Bembridge Marls (Brodie coll), which is in a Priabonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Bouldnor Formation of the United Kingdom.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1921 | Diospilus acourti Cockerell pp. 12-13 fig. 12 |
2014 | Diospilus acourti Belokobylskij p. 384 figs. Pl 13, fig 4; text-fig 43B |
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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.
†Diospilus acourti Cockerell 1921
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 |
Age range: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections: one only
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Priabonian | United Kingdom (England) | Diospilus acourti (type locality: 123959) |