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Deiracephalus aster
Taxonomy
Acrocephalites aster was named by Walcott (1916). Its type specimen is USNM 61594 and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Deiracephalus.
It was recombined as Deiracephalus aster by Resser (1935).
It was recombined as Deiracephalus aster by Resser (1935).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1916 | Acrocephalites aster Walcott p. 178 figs. pi. 26, figs. 9b, 9c |
| 1935 | Deiracephalus aster Resser p. 22 |
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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.
†Deiracephalus aster Walcott 1916
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, c = class | |||||
| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997 | |||||
Age range: base of the Guzhangian to the top of the Dresbachian or 500.50000 to 486.85000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Marjumian | USA (Utah) | Deiracephalus aster (230681) | |
| Guzhangian | USA (Texas) | Deiracephalus aster (208685 208686) | |
| Dresbachian | Canada (Yukon) | Deiracephalus aster (55216 55221) |