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Paleothyris acadiana
Taxonomy
Paleothyris acadiana was named by Carroll (1969). Its type specimen is MCZ 3481, a skeleton (almost complete), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dominion Coal Co. strip mine No. 7, which is in a Westphalian C/Westphalian D mire/swamp coal/shale in Canada. It is the type species of Paleothyris.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1969 | Paleothyris acadiana Carroll p. 152 figs. 1-8, 10-12 |
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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.
†Paleothyris acadiana Carroll 1969
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Westphalian C to the top of the Westphalian D or 314.60000 to 307.50000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Westphalian C - Westphalian D | Canada (Nova Scotia) | Paleothyris acadiana (type locality: 80111) |