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Plethopeltis acutus
Taxonomy
Plethometopus acutus was named by Rasetti (1944). Its type specimen is Laval Univ. 1162a, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Plethopeltis acutus by Ludvigsen et al. (1989).
It was recombined as Plethopeltis acutus by Ludvigsen et al. (1989).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by M. Hopkins on 2022-01-19
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1944 | Plethometopus acutus Rasetti p. 251 figs. Plate 39, fig. 30, 31 |
| 1989 | Plethopeltis acutus Ludvigsen et al. |
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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.
†Plethopeltis acutus Rasetti 1944
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Trempealeauan to the top of the Sunwaptan or 490.20000 to 488.90000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Sunwaptan | Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) | Plethopeltis acutus (81277) | |
| Dolgellian | Canada (Quebec) | Plethometopus acutus (8934) | |
| Trempealeauan | Canada (Quebec) | Plethometopus acutus (224135 224146) |