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Taxonomy
Balnibarbi ceryx anataphra was named by Fortey (1974). Its type specimen is PMO NF 651, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Cloacaspis anataphra by Wagner (2020); it was recombined as Cloacaspis ceryx anataphra by Hopkins (2019), Fortey et al. (2024).
It was recombined as Cloacaspis anataphra by Wagner (2020); it was recombined as Cloacaspis ceryx anataphra by Hopkins (2019), Fortey et al. (2024).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1974 | Balnibarbi ceryx anataphra Fortey p. 30 figs. Pl. 9, fig. 7 |
| 2019 | Cloacaspis ceryx anataphra Hopkins p. 19 figs. 4B, C |
| 2020 | Cloacaspis anataphra Wagner |
| 2024 | Cloacaspis ceryx anataphra Fortey et al. figs. Figure 7 |
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†Cloacaspis ceryx anataphra Fortey 1974
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Diagnosis
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| M. J. Hopkins 2019 | Cloacaspis ceryx species with relatively narrow preglabellar field (0.06–0.10 length of glabella) and smooth exoskeletal surface. |
Measurements
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009 | |||||
Age range: Blackhillsian or 475.30000 to 471.30000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Ibexian | Norway (Spitsbergen) | Balnibarbi ceryx (106471) | |
| Floian | Norway (Spitsbergen) | Balnibarbi ceryx (209642) Cloacaspis ceryx (209644) | |
| Blackhillsian | USA (California) | Cloacaspis ceryx (40732) |