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Atopocystis mucronata
Taxonomy
Atopocystis mucronata was named by Pedder (2004). Its type specimen is USNM 520312 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bartine Member 1990-5, which is in an Emsian marine limestone in the McColley Canyon Formation of Nevada. It is the type species of Atopocystis.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2004 | Atopocystis mucronata Pedder p. 851 |
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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.
†Atopocystis mucronata Pedder 2004
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Early/Lower Emsian to the top of the Late/Upper Emsian or 409.10000 to 391.90000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Emsian | USA (Nevada) | Atopocystis mucronata (type locality: 90929 90952 90953 90954) | |
| Late/Upper Emsian | USA (Nevada) | Atopocystis mucronata (90957) |