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Prokopius sculptus
Taxonomy
Aristocystites sculptus was named by Barrande (1887) [Aristocystites? sculptus]. Its type specimen is NMP L13003 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chrustenice, which is in a Vinice marine shale in the Vinice Formation of Czechia.
It was recombined as Calix sculptus by Bassler and Moodey (1943); it was recombined as Hippocystis sculptus by Prokop (1965); it was recombined as Prokopius sculptus by Paul (2018).
It was recombined as Calix sculptus by Bassler and Moodey (1943); it was recombined as Hippocystis sculptus by Prokop (1965); it was recombined as Prokopius sculptus by Paul (2018).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1887 | Aristocystites sculptus Barrande p. 113 figs. pl. 6, figs 28, 29 |
| 1941 | Hippocystis batheri Chauvel |
| 1943 | Calix sculptus Bassler and Moodey p. 136 |
| 1965 | Hippocystis sculptus Prokop p. 303 figs. pls 1, 2, text-fig. 1 |
| 2018 | Prokopius sculptus Paul pp. 342 - 344 figs. 4, 5 |
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†Prokopius sculptus Barrande 1887
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Invalid names: Prokopius batheri Chauvel 1941 [synonym]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| C. R. C. Paul 2018 | An aristocystitid genus with a relatively small, oval mouth surrounded by a prominent oral rim such that the four ambulacral facets are orientated vertically, with oral pores in the peristome; hydropore a zigzag slit set in an oval tubercle elongate parallel to the oro-anal axis and across the suture PO1: PO6; conical gonopore within a single plate below the hydropore; with a theca composed of strongly tumid plates covered with diplopores that are often horseshoe shaped. |
Measurements
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| References: Aberhan 1992, Bambach et al. 2007 | |||||
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Berounian | Czechia (Praha) | Prokopius sculptus (157338) | |
| Vinice | Czechia | Aristocystites sculptus (200045) Hippocystis batheri (3864) | |
| Zahorany - Late/Upper Ordovician | Czechia | Hippocystis batheri (3865) |