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Cavanosteus australis
Taxonomy
Asterolepis ornata australis was named by McCoy (1876). Its type specimen is NMP 1272 and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type subspecies of Cavanosteus.
It was recombined as Phlyctaenaspis australis by Chapman (1916); it was recombined as Cavanosteus australis by Young (2004).
It was recombined as Phlyctaenaspis australis by Chapman (1916); it was recombined as Cavanosteus australis by Young (2004).
Subspecies
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1876 | Asterolepis ornata australis McCoy figs. pl. 35, fig. 7 |
| 1916 | Phlyctaenaspis australis Chapman p. 212 figs. pl. 20, fig. 1 |
| 2004 | Cavanosteus australis Young pp. 134 - 135 figs. 2 - 7 |
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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.
†Cavanosteus australis McCoy 1876
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†Phlyctaenaspis australis confertituberculata Chapman 1916
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Emsian to the top of the Early/Lower Emsian or 407.60000 to 402.50000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Pragian - Emsian | Australia (New South Wales) | Cavanosteus australis (238698) | |
| Early/Lower Emsian | Australia (New South Wales) | Cavanosteus australis (238699) | |
| Emsian | Australia (New South Wales) | Cavanosteus australis (238700) |