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Valcourea angulata
Taxonomy
Plectambonites angulatus was named by Phleger (1933). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Barrel Spring Canyon, which is in a Caradoc shallow subtidal shale in the Barrel Spring Formation of California.
It was recombined as Valcourea angulata by Cooper (1956).
It was recombined as Valcourea angulata by Cooper (1956).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1933 | Plectambonites angulatus Phleger, Jr. p. 18 figs. Plate I, Fig. 1 |
| 1956 | Valcourea angulata Cooper p. 405 |
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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.
†Valcourea angulata Phleger, Jr. 1933
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Middle Ordovician to the top of the Mohawkian or 471.30000 to 451.00000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Ordovician | USA (California) | Plectambonites angulatus (205396) | |
| Caradoc | USA (California) | Plectambonites angulatus (type locality: 205651) | |
| Mohawkian | USA (California) | Plectambonites angulatus (219324) |