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Praearcturus gigas
Taxonomy
Praearcturus gigas was named by Woodward (1871). Its type specimen is BMNH I.534 and is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Rowlestone Hill, which is in a Lochkovian terrestrial sandstone in the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Praearcturus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1871 | Praearcturus gigas Woodward p. 270 figs. 1-5 |
| 1986 | Praearcturus gigas Kjellesvig-Waering p. 121 figs. 49, 110A |
| 2013 | Praearcturus gigas Dunlop et al. p. 33 |
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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.
†Praearcturus gigas Woodward 1871
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: Lochkovian or 419.62000 to 413.02000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Lochkovian | United Kingdom (Herefordshire) | Praearcturus gigas (201736) | |
| Lochkovian | United Kingdom (England) | Praearcturus gigas (type locality: 153544) |