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Taxonomy
Triproetus tumidus was named by Brezinski (1992). Its type specimen is USNM 447529, a cephalon/head, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM708q, Skinner Ranch Fm. (Decie Ranch Mb.), Hill 5021, Glass Mountains, which is in an Artinskian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Skinner Ranch Formation of Texas.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1992 | Triproetus tumidus Brezinski p. 930 figs. 5.1-5.13 |
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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.
†Triproetus tumidus Brezinski 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Fortey and Owens 1999 | |||||
Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Kungurian or 290.10000 to 272.30000 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Artinskian | USA (Texas) | Triproetus tumidus (43559 type locality: 43588 102613 102617 102620) | |
| Kungurian | USA (Texas) | Triproetus tumidus (43534 102608) |