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Arctops willistoni
Taxonomy
Arctops willistoni was named by Watson (1914). Its type specimen is BMNH 4099, a partial skull (Posterior half of a skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Howse Poort, Fort Beaufort, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial siliciclastic in South Africa. It is the type species of Arctops.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1914 | Arctops willistoni Watson |
| 1989 | Arctops willistoni Sigogneau-Russell |
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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.
†Arctops willistoni Watson 1914
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983 | |||||
Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Wuchiapingian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | Arctops willistoni (type locality: 178694) |