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Acanthoplecta inopinata
Taxonomy
Acanthoplecta inopinata was named by Carter (1967). Its type specimen is USNM 123969, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM 9044, Chappel Ls, McCulloc County, TX, which is in a Kinderhookian shallow subtidal limestone in the Chappel Limestone Formation of Texas.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1967 | Acanthoplecta inopinata Carter p. 287 figs. Pl 18, figs 1a-8d |
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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.
†Acanthoplecta inopinata Carter 1967
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Williams et al. 2000, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Ivorian to the top of the Kinderhookian or 353.70000 to 351.90000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Kinderhookian | USA (Texas) | Acanthoplecta inopinata (62491 type locality: 62493 62494 62497) | |
| Ivorian | USA (Texas) | Acanthoplecta inopinata (1) |