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Palaeospiculum
Taxonomy
Palaeospiculum was named by Won and Below (1999). Its type is Palaeospiculum burkensis.
It was assigned to Palaeospiculumidae by Won and Below (1999), Won and Iams (2002), Won et al. (2007) and Maletz and Bruton (2008); and to Palaeospiculidae by Noble et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Palaeospiculumidae by Won and Below (1999), Won and Iams (2002), Won et al. (2007) and Maletz and Bruton (2008); and to Palaeospiculidae by Noble et al. (2017).
Species
P. arcussimile, P. burkensis (type species), P. curvum, P. dendroeides, P. devoncourtensis, P. discordiosum, P. georginaensis, P. greenpointensis, P. grosmorensis, P. hexaradiatum, P. martinpointensis, P. multifurcatum, P. neofurcatum, P. parvum, P. radiatum, P. reedae, P. tetractinum, P. tetraradiatum, P. variabile
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1999 | Palaeospiculum Won and Below p. 339 |
2002 | Palaeospiculum Won and Iams p. 27 |
2007 | Palaeospiculum Won et al. |
2008 | Palaeospiculum Maletz and Bruton p. 1186 |
2017 | Palaeospiculum Noble et al. p. 435 |
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G. †Palaeospiculum Won and Below 1999
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†Palaeospiculum arcussimile Won and Below 1999
†Palaeospiculum burkensis Won and Below 1999
†Palaeospiculum curvum Won et al. 2005
†Palaeospiculum dendroeides Won and Below 1999
†Palaeospiculum devoncourtensis Won and Below 1999
†Palaeospiculum discordiosum Won and Iams 2015
†Palaeospiculum georginaensis Won and Below 1999
†Palaeospiculum greenpointensis Won and Iams 2002
†Palaeospiculum grosmorensis Won and Iams 2002
†Palaeospiculum hexaradiatum Won and Iams 2002
†Palaeospiculum martinpointensis Won and Iams 2002
†Palaeospiculum multifurcatum Won et al. 2005
†Palaeospiculum neofurcatum Won et al. 2005
†Palaeospiculum parvum Won and Below 1999
†Palaeospiculum radiatum Won and Below 1999
†Palaeospiculum reedae Won and Below 1999
†Palaeospiculum tetractinum Won et al. 2005
†Palaeospiculum tetraradiatum Won and Iams 2002
†Palaeospiculum variabile Won and Iams 2015
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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M.-Z. Won and W. J. Iams 2002 | A point-centered spicular skeleton consisting of four to twelve rays; some or all rays with spinules, maximum third-order spinules present. |