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Aspidopleurus cataphractus
Taxonomy
Aspidopleurus cataphractus was named by Pictet and Humbert (1866). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Hakel (Humbert collection), which is in a Cenomanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal carbonate in Lebanon.
It was recombined as Prionolepis cataphractus by Goody (1969).
It was recombined as Prionolepis cataphractus by Goody (1969).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1866 | Aspidopleurus cataphractus Pictet and Humbert p. 109 figs. Pl 18, fig 1 |
1887 | Aspidopleurus cataphractus Davis p. 624 |
1969 | Prionolepis cataphractus Goody p. 179 figs. 83-85 |
2012 | Aspidopleurus cataphractus Alvarado-Ortega and Porras-Múzquiz p. 253 |
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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.
†Aspidopleurus cataphractus Pictet and Humbert 1866
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range: Late/Upper Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Late/Upper Cenomanian | Lebanon | Aspidopleurus cataphractus (type locality: 221227) Prionolepis cataphractus (127467 221158) |