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Copytus pseudoelongatus

Taxonomy
Copytus pseudoelongatus was named by Ayress (1995). Its type specimen is OU 40716, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is J40/f90 - McCulloch's Bridge [Ashley Mudstone], which is in an Eocene deep-water mudstone in the Ashley Mudstone Formation of New Zealand.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. ezcurraensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Copytus pseudoelongatus Ayress p. 915 figs. figs. 6.9, 6.10. 13.13

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RankNameAuthor
subfamilyNeocytherideinaePuri 1957
genusCopytusSkogsberg 1939
RankNameAuthor
speciespseudoelongatus

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.

†Copytus pseudoelongatus Ayress 1995
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available