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Pseudosphaerexochus cancrura
Taxonomy
Cheirurus cancrurus was named by Salter (1853). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chair of Kildare, eastern Ireland, which is in a Hirnantian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks/mudstone in the Kildare Limestone Formation of Ireland.
It was recombined as Skelipyx cancrura by Lane (1971); it was recombined as Pseudosphaerexochus cancrura by Gapp et al. (2012).
It was recombined as Skelipyx cancrura by Lane (1971); it was recombined as Pseudosphaerexochus cancrura by Gapp et al. (2012).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1853 | Cheirurus cancrurus Salter |
| 1971 | Skelipyx cancrura Lane |
| 2012 | Pseudosphaerexochus cancrura Gapp et al. p. e49115 |
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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.
†Pseudosphaerexochus cancrura Salter 1853
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class | |||||
| References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: Hirnantian or 445.20000 to 443.10000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Hirnantian | Ireland | Cheirurus cancrurus (type locality: 23068) |