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Decoroproetus farragatus
Taxonomy
Decoroproetus farragatus was named by Howells (1982). Its type specimen is SM A74613, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a mold. Its type locality is Newlands, which is in an Aeronian marine siltstone/sandstone in the Newlands Farm Formation of the United Kingdom.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1982 | Decoroproetus farragatus Howells p. 19 figs. Pl. 5, fig. 15 |
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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.
†Decoroproetus farragatus Howells 1982
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Harrington et al. 1959 | |||||
Age range: base of the Rhuddanian to the top of the Aeronian or 443.10000 to 438.60000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Rhuddanian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Decoroproetus farragatus (188533) | |
| Aeronian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Decoroproetus farragatus (type locality: 188535) |