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Protacanthodiscus taffi
Taxonomy
Aulacosphinctes taffi was named by Anderson (1945). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS Mesozoic loc. M2253, Watson Creek, which is in a Tithonian marine sandstone in California.
It was recombined as Protacanthodiscus taffi by Imlay and Jones (1970).
It was recombined as Protacanthodiscus taffi by Imlay and Jones (1970).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1945 | Aulacosphinctes taffi Anderson p. 979 figs. Plate 7, figures 4a, b |
| 1970 | Protacanthodiscus taffi Imlay and Jones p. B43 figs. Plate 6, figures 3, 4, 7 |
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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.
†Protacanthodiscus taffi Anderson 1945
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004 | |||||