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Pycnolepas rigida
Taxonomy
Pollicipes rigidus was named by Sowerby (1836). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Folkestone, Gault (BMNH collection), which is in an Albian carbonate chalk in the Gault Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Pycnolepas.
It was recombined as Pycnolepas rigidus by Withers (1935); it was recombined as Pycnolepas rigida by Carriol and Collins (2000), Jagt et al. (2007) and Gale and Vidovic (2023).
It was recombined as Pycnolepas rigidus by Withers (1935); it was recombined as Pycnolepas rigida by Carriol and Collins (2000), Jagt et al. (2007) and Gale and Vidovic (2023).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1836 | Pollicipes rigidus Sowerby |
1935 | Pycnolepas rigidus Withers p. 352 |
2000 | Pycnolepas rigida Carriol and Collins p. 143 |
2007 | Pycnolepas rigida Jagt et al. p. 36 |
2023 | Pycnolepas rigida Gale and Vidovic p. 22 figs. 13A-Q |
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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.
†Pycnolepas rigida Sowerby 1836
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available