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Taxonomy
Basilicus asper was named by Zhou and Fortey (1986). Its type specimen is NI80446, a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Location 6 Horizon 9, which is in a Llanvirn marine limestone in the Machiakou Formation of China.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1986 | Basilicus asper Zhou and Fortey p. 182 figs. Pl. 5, fig 6 |
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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.
†Basilicus asper Zhou and Fortey 1986
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class | |||||
| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009 | |||||
Age range: Llanvirn or 468.00000 to 458.20000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Llanvirn | China (Shangdong Provence) | Basilicus asper (157287) | |
| Llanvirn | China (Anhui) | Basilicus asper (157291) | |
| Llanvirn | China (Lioning Provence) | Basilicus asper (type locality: 157254) |