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Pirania muricata
Taxonomy
Pirania muricata was named by Walcott (1920). It is not extant. It is the type species of Pirania.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1920 | Pirania muricata Walcott |
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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.
†Pirania muricata Walcott 1920
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Caron and Jackson 2008, Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997 | |||||
Age range: Delamaran or 513.00000 to 505.00000 Ma
Collections (14 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Delamaran | Canada (British Columbia) | Pirania muricata (84424 84425 84426 84427 84428 121956 121957 121958 121959 121960 121961 121962 121965) | |
| St Davids | Canada (British Columbia) | Pirania muricata (122094) |