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Taxonomy
Gerastos hammii was named by Gibb and Chatterton (2010) [= 2000 Gerastos Fortey, p. 180 (top left).
= 2004 Rhenocynproetus sp. n. 1 Basse and Müller, pl. 21, fig. 271.]. Its type specimen is UA13538 (complete exoskeleton) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ceratarges Horizon, Saredrar, which is in an Emsian/Eifelian open shallow subtidal limestone in the El Otfal Formation of Morocco.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2010 | Gerastos hammii Gibb and Chatterton pp. 17 - 18 figs. 7.1-7.11 |
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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.
†Gerastos hammii Gibb and Chatterton 2010
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy 2009, Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Emsian - Eifelian | Morocco | Gerastos hammii (type locality: 181544) |