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Bifurculipes

Taxonomy
Bifurculipes was named by Hitchcock (1858) [Early Permian arthropod trace fossil]. It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Hexapoda by Hitchcock (1898); and to Ichnofossils by Lull (1915).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Bifurculipes Hitchcock
1898Bifurculipes Hitchcock p. 402
1915Bifurculipes Lull p. 57

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RankNameAuthor
Ichnofossils
RankNameAuthor
genusBifurculipesHitchcock 1858

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. †Bifurculipes Hitchcock 1858
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: Hettangian or 201.30000 to 199.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3USA (Massachusetts) B. sp., B. curvatus, B. elachistotatus, B. laqueatus (52986)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8USA (Massachusetts) B. scolopendroideus (52996)