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Coccocephalus
Taxonomy
Coccocephalus was named by Watson (1925).
It was replaced with Cocconiscus by White and Moy-Thomas (1940).
It was assigned to Palaeoniscidae by Gardiner (1960); and to Coccocephalichthyidae by Gardiner (1967).
It was replaced with Cocconiscus by White and Moy-Thomas (1940).
It was assigned to Palaeoniscidae by Gardiner (1960); and to Coccocephalichthyidae by Gardiner (1967).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1925 | Coccocephalus Watson |
| 1940 | Cocconiscus White and Moy-Thomas p. 506 |
| 1940 | Coccocephalichthys Whitley |
| 1945 | Cocconiscus Romer |
| 1960 | Coccocephalus Gardiner p. 338 |
| 1967 | Coccocephalus Gardiner |
| 1993 | Coccocephalichthys Gardiner |
| 2002 | Coccocephalichthys Sepkoski |
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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.
G. †Coccocephalus Watson 1925
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†Coccocephalus baldwini Poplin and Véran 1996
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Invalid names: Cocconiscus baldwini Poplin 1974 [replaced]
†Coccocephalus tessellatus Poplin and Véran 1996
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Invalid names: Coccocephalichthys tessellatus Beltan 1981 [replaced]
†Coccocephalus wildi Watson 1925
Invalid names: Coccocephalichthys Whitley 1940 [replaced], Cocconiscus White and Moy-Thomas 1940 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Westphalian A to the top of the Sakmarian or 318.70000 to 290.10000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Westphalian A | United Kingdom (England) | C. wildi (225441) | |
| Westphalian A | United Kingdom (Lancashire) | C. wildi (225464) | |
| Gzhelian | USA (Kansas) | C. baldwini (232959) | |
| Asselian - Sakmarian | Uruguay (Northern Uruguay) | C. tessellatus (232871) |