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Metacryphaeus (Metacryphaeus) caffer
Taxonomy
Phacops caffer was named by Salter (1856) [lecotype designated by Cooper 1982.]. Its type specimen is BM-In28620 and is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Metacryphaeus caffer by Reed (1907); it was recombined as Metacryphaeus (Metacryphaeus) caffer by Cooper (1982).
It was recombined as Metacryphaeus caffer by Reed (1907); it was recombined as Metacryphaeus (Metacryphaeus) caffer by Cooper (1982).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1856 | Phacops caffer Salter p. 219 figs. pl. 25 figs 11-12 |
1907 | Metacryphaeus caffer Reed p. 168 |
1982 | Metacryphaeus (Metacryphaeus) caffer Cooper pp. 85 - 100 figs. 6D, 33A, C, 34B, 39F, 42A-B, D, 44D, 56A-B, 61, 62A, 63-64, 65C-D, 66A, 67A, 68B, 69-70, 78D, 98A, C |
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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.
†Metacryphaeus (Metacryphaeus) caffer Salter 1856
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available