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Plethometopus armatus
Taxonomy
Bathyurus armatus was named by Billings (1860). Its type specimen is Nat. Mus. Canada 863, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Plethopeltis armatus by Raymond (1913); it was recombined as Plethometopus armatus by Ulrich (1930) and Rasetti (1944).
It was recombined as Plethopeltis armatus by Raymond (1913); it was recombined as Plethometopus armatus by Ulrich (1930) and Rasetti (1944).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
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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.
†Plethometopus armatus Billings 1860
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Trempealeauan to the top of the Sunwaptan or 492.50000 to 487.50000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Sunwaptan | Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) | Plethopeltis armatus (81270) | |
| Trempealeauan | Canada (Newfoundland) | Plethopeltis armatus (196017) |