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Chelichnus gigas
Taxonomy
Chelichnus gigas was named by Jardine (1850). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Corncockle Quarry, which is in a Cisuralian terrestrial sandstone in the Corncockle Sandstone Formation of the United Kingdom.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1850 | Chelichnus gigas Jardine p. 209 |
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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.
†Chelichnus gigas Jardine 1850
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range: Cisuralian or 298.90000 to 273.01000 Ma
Collections: one only
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Cisuralian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Chelichnus gigas (type locality: 174685) |