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Traquairaspis angusta
Taxonomy
Traquairaspis angusta was named by Denison (1963). Its type specimen is PU 17388, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Beaver River, which is in a Silurian marine dolomite in Canada.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1963 | Traquairaspis angusta Denison p. 134 |
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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.
†Traquairaspis angusta Denison 1963
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| R. H. Denison 1963 | The dimensions of the ventral disc are: estimated length= 80-85 mm.; maximum width=35.5 mm. The disc is relatively narrow, with the estimated ratio of width/length= .42-.44. The smooth central area covers nearly all of the ventral disc, and its ornamented margin is narrow. |
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subp = subphylum, p = phylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available