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Taxonomy
Canningbole macromma was named by Feist and McNamara (2013). Its type specimen is WAM 11.192, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 02. Horse Spring, Horse Spring Range, which is in a Frasnian perireef or subreef limestone in the Virgin Hills Formation of Australia.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2013 | Canningbole macromma Feist and McNamara pp. 246-248 figs. 4U-V, Y-Z, AA-AB |
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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.
†Canningbole macromma Feist and McNamara 2013
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| R. Feist and K. J. McNamara 2013 | Diagnosis. Cephalon semicircular, anteriorly moderately arched; frontal glabella reaching anterior border furrow; very large palpebral lobes and eyes; dense nodular sculp- ture throughout; pygidium with long axis, nine ill-defined axial rings with centrally confined tubercles, margin striped with terrace lines, not differentiated from inner pleural fields. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, o = order, c = class | |||||
| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Hendy 2009 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Frasnian or 379.50000 to 376.10000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Frasnian | Australia (Western Australia) | Canningbole macromma (type locality: 223137 223180) |