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Cheirocystis fultonensis
Discussion
Glyptocystites fultonensis Caster et al. (1955) pl. 2, fig. 22, herein Fig. 3.5)
Taxonomy
Cheirocystis fultonensis was named by Sumrall and Schumacher (2002). Its type specimen is CMC-P50402 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Road-cut along Kentucky Route 1159 just south of the Alexandria to Ashland Hwy, which is in an Edenian carbonate packstone in the Kope Formation of Kentucky.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2002 | Cheirocystis fultonensis Sumrall and Schumacher pp. 848 - 851 figs. 2, 4, 6.1–6.2, 6.4, 7 |
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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.
†Cheirocystis fultonensis Sumrall and Schumacher 2002
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992 | |||||