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Orthacanthus texensis
Taxonomy
Orthacanthus texensis was named by Cope (1888). It is not extant.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1888 | Orthacanthus texensis Cope |
| 2012 | Orthacanthus texensis Johnson p. 369 |
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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.
†Orthacanthus texensis Cope 1888
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023 | |||||
Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Wolfcampian or 298.90000 to 286.00000 Ma
Collections (9 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Kasimovian - Kungurian | USA (Utah) | Orthacanthus texensis (218159) | |
| Asselian - Sakmarian | USA (Texas) | Orthacanthus texensis (11165) | |
| Wolfcampian | USA (Texas) | Orthacanthus texensis (22635) | |
| Permian | USA (Oklahoma) | Orthacanthus texensis (221388 221390 221391 221392) | |
| Permian | USA (Pennsylvania) | Orthacanthus texensis (125957) | |
| Artinskian | USA (Oklahoma) | Orthacanthus texensis (220872) |