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Taxonomy
Aspidocalyptus castroi was named by Cabrera (1939). Its type specimen is MLP 37-111-7-6., a mandible (Hama mandibular derecha incompleta, con los dientes 2-8 mús o menos destruídos; muchos trozos pequeiíos del caparazon, y dos frag- mentos del tubo caudal. Campo), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Robilotte field - SE of Epecuén lagoon & E of Laguna de Epecuén, which is in a Huayquerian terrestrial siltstone/siltstone in the Epecuén Formation of Argentina.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1939 | Aspidocalyptus castroi Cabrera |
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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.
†Aspidocalyptus castroi Cabrera 1939
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999 | |||||
Age range: Huayquerian or 8.00000 to 5.00000 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Huayquerian | Argentina (La Pampa) | Aspidocalyptus castroi (87198 140925 151498 151500 152061 204361 204363) | |
| Huayquerian | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Aspidocalyptus castroi (type locality: 212302) |