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Palaeocapulus
Taxonomy
Palaeocapulus was named by Grabau and Shimer (1909).
It was synonymized subjectively with Orthonychia by Knight et al. (1960).
It was assigned to Palaeocapulidae by Grabau (1936); and to Platyceratidae by Bouchet et al. (2005), Wagner (2023).
It was synonymized subjectively with Orthonychia by Knight et al. (1960).
It was assigned to Palaeocapulidae by Grabau (1936); and to Platyceratidae by Bouchet et al. (2005), Wagner (2023).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1909 | Palaeocapulus Grabau and Shimer |
1936 | Palaeocapulus Grabau p. 311 |
2005 | Palaeocapulus Bouchet et al. p. 246 |
2023 | Palaeocapulus Wagner p. 1137 |
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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.
G. †Palaeocapulus Grabau and Shimer 1909
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†Palaeocapulus acutirostre Hall 1856
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Invalid names: Palaeocapulus lodiensis Meek 1871 [synonym]
†Palaeocapulus equilateralis Hall 1859
†Palaeocapulus morsei Hoare 2004
†Palaeocapulus piso Walcott 1884
†Palaeocapulus trigonus Goldfuss 1844
†Palaeocapulus undata Winchell 1865
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class | |||||
References: Batten 1984, Kiessling 2004, Knight et al. 1960 |
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Famennian to the top of the Guadalupian or 372.15000 to 259.51000 Ma
Collections (34 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Early/Lower Famennian | China | Platyceras acutirostris (162317) | |
Famennian | Germany | Acroculia trigona (156553) | |
Tournaisian | China | Platyceras acutirostris (162313) | |
Mississippian | USA (New York) | Platyceras acutirostris (75141) | |
Mississippian | USA (Arizona) | Platyceras acutirostris (124290) | |
Osagean | USA (Indiana) | Platyceras equilateralis (2455) Platyceras equilateralis, Platyceras acutirostra (2257) Platyceras lodiensis (57050) | |
Osagean | USA (Ohio) | Platyceras equilatera (93067) | |
Osagean | USA (Kentucky) | Orthonychia sp. (59889 59891) | |
Chadian | USA (Indiana) | Platyceras acutirostre, Platyceras equilateralis (2202 2208 2439 2448) Platyceras equilateralis (2442) Platyceras equilateralis, Platyceras acutirostra (2252) Platyceras equilateris (2250 2251) | |
Chadian - Arundian | USA (Indiana) | Platyceras equilateralis (8069) Platyceratidae indet. (8139) | |
Visean | USA (Iowa) | Platyceras equilaterale (75144) | |
Meramecian | USA (Arkansas) | Orthonychia undata (60041 60042) | |
Meramecian | USA (Nevada) | Platyceras piso (59828) | |
Meramecian | USA (Kentucky) | Platyceras acutirostre (2780 2822 2828 2829 2831) | |
Chesterian - Brigantian | USA (Ohio) | Platyceras morsei (85368) | |
Chesterian | USA (Ohio) | Orthonychia acutirostris (128005) | |
Serpukhovian | USA (Oklahoma) | Platyceras acutirostris (5611) | |
Artinskian - Guadalupian | Indonesia (Timor) | Capulus lodiensis (205607) |