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Pulchricapitus fetosus
Taxonomy
Pulchricapitus fetosus was named by Hohensee and Stitt (1989). Its type specimen is UMC 16717, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ouachita Mountains collecting locality D, which is in a Furongian deep subtidal shelf lime mudstone in the Collier Shale Formation of Arkansas.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1989 | Pulchricapitus fetosus Hohensee and Stitt p. 875 figs. Fig. 5.7-5.12 |
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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.
†Pulchricapitus fetosus Hohensee and Stitt 1989
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: f = family, c = class | |||||
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004 |
Age range: Steptoean or 497.00000 to 493.50000 Ma
Collections (10 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Steptoean | USA (Arkansas) | Pulchricapitus fetosus (225281) | |
Furongian | USA (Arkansas) | Pulchricapitus fetosus (229129 229130 type locality: 229131 229133 229193 229194 229196 229197 229198) |