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Diacanthaspis cooperi
Taxonomy
Diacanthaspis cooperi was named by Whittington (1941). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Spring Hill, which is in a Trentonian carbonate limestone in Virginia. It is the type species of Diacanthaspis (Diacanthaspis).
It was recombined as Diacanthaspis (Diacanthaspis) cooperi by Owen (1981).
It was recombined as Diacanthaspis (Diacanthaspis) cooperi by Owen (1981).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
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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.
†Diacanthaspis cooperi Whittington 1941
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class | |||||
| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009 | |||||
Age range: Chatfieldian or 453.80000 to 451.00000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Trentonian | USA (Virginia) | Diacanthaspis cooperi (type locality: 81308) | |
| Chatfieldian | USA (Virginia) | Diacanthaspis cooperi (105205 105207 192431) | |
| Chatfieldian - Edenian | USA (Virginia) | Diacanthaspis cooperi (105204) |