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Claritacarpus smithi
Taxonomy
Claritacarpus smithi was named by Parsley and Sumrall (2007). Its type specimen is CMCP 50660 (dorsal face of the theca, the proximal end of the brachiole, and the proxistele, mesistele, and several elements of the dististele) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Near Clarita, which is in a Lochkovian carbonate wackestone/packstone in the Bois d’Arc Formation of Oklahoma. It is the type species of Claritacarpus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2007 | Claritacarpus smithi Parsley and Sumrall p. 1489 figs. 3.1, 4.1 |
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†Claritacarpus smithi Parsley and Sumrall 2007
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| R. L. Parsley and C. D. Sumrall 2007 | Dendrocystitid with irregularly pentagonal thecal outline; theca with small number of relatively large plates; anal lobe large, somewhat squared in profile; antanal lobe small, pointed laterally; large paired adsteleals present on dorsal face; adorals on dorsal face large, paired, curve onto the ventral face; brachiole robust; proxistele with five tetrameres, mesistele with single pair of plates, tapered distally; dististele with two series of irregularly alternating plates, with alternating elongate rectangular plate juxtaposed with short squared plate. |
Measurements
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| Source: subp = subphylum, p = phylum | |||||
| References: Aberhan 1992, Bambach et al. 2007 | |||||
Age range: Lochkovian or 419.62000 to 413.02000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Lochkovian | USA (Oklahoma) | Claritacarpus smithi (type locality: 154333) |