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Ceratodus latissimus
Taxonomy
Ceratodus latissimus was named by Agassiz (1838). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rhaetic Bone Bed, Aust Cliff, which is in a Rhaetian coastal conglomerate in the Westbury Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Ceratodus.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1838 | Ceratodus latissimus Agassiz p. 131 figs. Pl 20, figs 8,9 |
| 1891 | Ceratodus latissimus Woodward p. 265 |
| 1894 | Ceratodus latissimus Browne p. 749 |
| 1902 | Ceratodus latissimus Hay p. 355 |
| 1982 | Ceratodus latissimus Martin p. 611 |
| 2004 | Ceratodus latissimus Schultze p. 489 |
| 2007 | Ceratodus latissimus Apesteguia et al. |
| 2016 | Ceratodus latissimus Frederickson 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.
†Ceratodus latissimus Agassiz 1838
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Rhaetian or 205.70000 to 201.40000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Rhaetian | France (Bourgogne) | Ceratodus latissimus (109711) | |
| Rhaetian | United Kingdom (England) | Ceratodus latissimus (122365 131728) | |
| Rhaetian | Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) | Ceratodus polymorphus (139483) | |
| Rhaetian | Germany (Westphalia) | Ceratodus latissimus (218156) | |
| Rhaetian | France (Champagne-Ardennes) | Ceratodus latissimus (139922) |