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Aracana kershawi

Ostraciontidae

Taxonomy
Aracana kershawi was named by Chapman and Cudmore (1924). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is PL3029 - Upper Bed, Table Cape, which is in an Aquitanian shoreface sandstone/siltstone in the Fossil Bluff Sandstone Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Aracana kershawi Chapman and Cudmore p. 147 figs. Plate XI, Fig. 46

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RankNameAuthor
Life
familyOstraciontidae
RankNameAuthor
genusAracanaGray 1833
specieskershawi

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.

Aracana kershawi Chapman and Cudmore 1924
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: Aquitanian or 23.03000 to 20.44000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Australia (Tasmania) Aracana kershawi (type locality: 28307)