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Taxonomy
Pseudoptyocephalus spinosus was named by Legg (1976). Its type specimen is UWA 71391, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Core 3, Parda No. 1, Canning Basin, which is in a Darriwilian carbonate shale/limestone in the Goldwyer Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Pseudoptyocephalus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1976 | Pseudoptyocephalus spinosus Legg p. 11 figs. Pl. 3, fig. 3 |
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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.
†Pseudoptyocephalus spinosus Legg 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: Darriwilian or 469.40000 to 458.20000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Darriwilian | Australia (Western Australia) | Pseudoptyocephalus spinosus (type locality: 236055) |