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Ctenicerium valgus
Taxonomy
Buprestium valgus was named by Westwood (1854). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Durlston Bay, Lower Purbeck, Swanage (Brodie coll.), which is in a Berriasian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom.
It was recombined as Ctenicerium valgus by Handlirsch (1906).
It was recombined as Ctenicerium valgus by Handlirsch (1906).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1854 | Buprestium valgus Westwood pp. 389, 395 figs. Pl 16 fig 31 |
| 1906 | Ctenicerium valgus Handlirsch p. 555 |
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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.
†Ctenicerium valgus Westwood 1854
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Berriasian or 145.00000 to 140.20000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Berriasian | United Kingdom (England) | Buprestium valgus (type locality: 105966) |