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Maiocercus celticus
Taxonomy
Brachypyge celtica was named by Pocock (1902). Its type specimen is NMW 32.518.G1, an abdomen (opisthosoma), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Tynybedw Pit, Pentre, Rhondda Valley, which is in a Westphalian B delta plain ironstone in the Nine-Feet Seam Formation of the United Kingdom.
It was recombined as Maiocercus celticus by Pocock (1911) and Dunlop et al. (2013).
It was recombined as Maiocercus celticus by Pocock (1911) and Dunlop et al. (2013).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1902 | Brachypyge celtica Pocock p. 488 fig. 2A |
| 1904 | Brachypyge celtica Fritsch p. 41 fig. 51 |
| 1911 | Maiocercus orbicularis Gill p. 398 fig. 1,2 |
| 1911 | Maiocercus celticus Pocock p. 60 fig. 29 |
| 1919 | Maiocercus orbicularis Pruvost p. 359 figs. Pl 23, figs 1,2; text-fig 44 |
| 1922 | Brachypyge orbicularis Pruvost p. 353 |
| 1930 | Brachypyge celtica Pruvost p. 213 figs. Pl 11, figs 3,3a |
| 1949 | Maiocercus carbonis Petrunkevitch p. 233 figs. 62, 63 |
| 2013 | Maiocercus celticus Dunlop et al. p. 122 |
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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.
†Maiocercus celticus Pocock 1902
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Invalid names: Maiocercus orbicularis Gill 1911 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Westphalian A to the top of the Westphalian B or 318.70000 to 314.60000 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Westphalian A | France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais) | Maiocercus orbicularis (155425 155440) | |
| Westphalian A | Belgium | Brachypyge orbicularis (155638) | |
| Westphalian A | United Kingdom (England) | Maiocercus celticus (34944 124367) | |
| Westphalian A | United Kingdom (Lancashire) | Maiocercus orbicularis (153490) | |
| Westphalian B | United Kingdom | Eophrynus carbonis (153491) |