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Pircanchaspis rinconensis

Agnatha

Taxonomy
Pircanchaspis rinconensis was named by Erdtmann et al. (2000). Its type specimen is MB f.3963 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is ‘‘Rincon", ‘‘Escuela Seccional de Puesto Grande’’, Tarija [Pircancha Fm], which is in a Moridunian offshore mudstone in the Pircancha Formation of Bolivia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Pircanchaspis rinconensis Erdtmann et al. pp. 394-395 figs. figs. 2-5, 6b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
RankNameAuthor
subphylumVertebrata
classAgnathaCope 1889
genusPircanchaspis
speciesrinconensis

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.

†Pircanchaspis rinconensis Erdtmann et al. 2000
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2009-12-09 04:57:12
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:08:06
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Moridunian or 477.70000 to 473.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Moridunian477.7 - 473.8Bolivia Pircanchaspis rinconensis (type locality: 90413)