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Taxonomy
Britopygus weygoldti was named by Dunlop and Martill (2002). Its type specimen is SMNS 64332, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Crato (SMNS collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil. It is the type species of Britopygus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2002 | Britopygus weygoldti Dunlop and Martill p. 330 figs. 1a, 2a |
| 2005 | Britopygus weygoldti Dunlop and Barov p. 61 figs. 1-11 |
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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.
†Britopygus weygoldti Dunlop and Martill 2002
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: Late/Upper Aptian or 119.57000 to 113.20000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Aptian | Brazil (Ceará) | Britopygus weygoldti (type locality: 122557) |