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Camptaspis utahensis
Taxonomy
Camptaspis utahensis was named by Branson and Mehl (1931). Its type specimen is Number 592, Vertebrate Paleontology, University of Missouri, a partial skeleton (the complete left lateral spine with part of the postero-lateral dorsal shield attached and the impression of the antero-ventral margin to the median line. The ), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Camptaspis.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1931 | Camptaspis utahensis Branson and Mehl p. 510 figs. Pl. I, Figs 1, 2, 3 |
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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.
†Camptaspis utahensis Branson and Mehl 1931
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| E. B. Branson and M. G. Mehl 1931 | An acanthaspid form, the thoracic capsule of which bears long rigid postero-laterally directed pectoral spines and a dorso-median crest or spine. The thoracic capsule is composed of a large number of small, irregular, more or less closely fused plates without ndications of the normal acanthaspid regional divisions of
the armor. The capsule was probably somewhat flexible in young individuals. The antero-lateral portions of the ventral shield form the major part of the lateral spines and the rest is formed by antero- lateral extensions of the dorsal shield with which the ventral shield is suturally united diagonally across the spine. The outer surface of the capsule is marked with coarse tubercles. |
Measurements
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| Source: subp = subphylum, p = phylum | |||||
| References: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988 | |||||