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Palaeoniscum capensis
Taxonomy
Palaeoniscum capensis was named by Broom (1913). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hantam Mountains, Upper Dwyka, which is in an Artinskian lacustrine - large shale in the Ecca Formation of South Africa.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1913 | Palaeoniscum capensis Broom pp. 200-203 figs. pl. 2, fig. 1 |
| 1913 | Palaeoniscus capensis Broome p. 1 figs. pl. 2, fig. 1 |
| 1962 | Palaeoniscus capensis Gardiner p. 16 |
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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.
†Palaeoniscum capensis Broom 1913
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 279.30000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Artinskian | South Africa (Northern Cape) | Palaeoniscum capensis (231837) |