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Taxonomy
Westropia benfieldi was named by Adrain (1997). Its type specimen is ROM 53058, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is ABR TTD (talus collection), Cape Phillips Fm., Cornwallis Island, Northwest Terr, which is in a Sheinwoodian slope carbonate/shale in the Cape Phillips Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Westropia.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1997 | Westropia benfieldi Adrain pp. 41 - 42 figs. PI 21 fig. 1-9 |
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†Westropia benfieldi Adrain 1997
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| J. M. Adrain 1997 | Glabellar tuberculate sculpture fine and densely scattered; librigenal field with subdued sculpture; pygidiuin with seven axial rings, rings lacking dorsal tuberculate sculpture. |
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Fortey and Owens 1999 | |||||
Age range: Sheinwoodian or 432.90000 to 430.60000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Sheinwoodian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | Westropia benfieldi (type locality: 682 229171) |