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Taxonomy
Lichas (Arges) contusus was named by Hall and Clarke (1888). It is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Euarges contusus by Phleger (1937); it was recombined as Acanthopyge contusus by Stumm (1964); it was recombined as Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) contusa by Holloway and Thomas (1988); it was recombined as Belenopyge contusa by Morzadec et al. (2015).
It was recombined as Euarges contusus by Phleger (1937); it was recombined as Acanthopyge contusus by Stumm (1964); it was recombined as Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) contusa by Holloway and Thomas (1988); it was recombined as Belenopyge contusa by Morzadec et al. (2015).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1888 | Lichas (Arges) contusus Hall and Clarke |
| 1937 | Euarges contusus Phleger |
| 1964 | Acanthopyge contusus Stumm p. 8 |
| 1988 | Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) contusa Holloway and Thomas p. 225 |
| 2015 | Belenopyge contusa Morzadec et al. p. 354 fig. 12A–D |
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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.
†Belenopyge contusa Hall and Clarke 1888
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, o = order, c = class | |||||
| References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Emsian to the top of the Eifelian or 399.50000 to 387.95000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Emsian | Colombia | Belenopyge contusa (229210) | |
| Eifelian | Canada (Ontario) | Acanthopyge contusa (3845) | |
| Southwoodian | USA (Indiana) | Acanthopyge contusus (188933) |