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Thaumaptilon walcotti

Taxonomy
Thaumaptilon walcotti was named by Conway Morris (1993). Its type specimen is USNM 468028 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Walcott Quarry, Fossil Ridge, Greater Phyllopod Bed, which is in a Delamaran deep-water shale in the Burgess Shale Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Thaumoptilon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Thaumaptilon walcotti Conway Morris pp. 604 - 605 figs. Plates 2-3; Text-fig. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
RankNameAuthor
genusThaumaptilon
specieswalcotti

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.

†Thaumaptilon walcotti Conway Morris 1993
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Diagnosis
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