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Australokaskia coulteri
Taxonomy
Phillipsia coulteri was named by Mitchell (1918) [= 1984 Paladin (Kaskia) cf. arduennensis; Engel & Morris, p. 33.
= 1986 Paladin (Kaskia) cf. arduennensis; Hahn et al., p. 99.]. Its type specimen is AMF 28627, a cephalon/head (internal mould of dorsal shield), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is NU L404. Nooroo - Stroud Road cutting, Nooroo, which is in a Visean marine mudstone/siltstone in the Wootton Formation of Australia.
It was recombined as Australokaskia (Australokaskia) coulteri by Engel and Morris (1994); it was recombined as Australokaskia coulteri by Vanderlaan and Ebach (2015).
It was recombined as Australokaskia (Australokaskia) coulteri by Engel and Morris (1994); it was recombined as Australokaskia coulteri by Vanderlaan and Ebach (2015).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1918 | Phillipsia coulteri Mitchell pp. 448 - 449 figs. pl. 46, figs. 6–10 |
| 1994 | Australokaskia (Australokaskia) coulteri Engel and Morris pp. 84 - 86 figs. pl. 1, figs. 10–23 |
| 2015 | Australokaskia coulteri Vanderlaan and Ebach p. 27 |
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†Australokaskia coulteri Mitchell 1918
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| T. A. Vanderlaan and M. C. Ebach 2015 | β – β approximate to δ – δ and occipital furrow; long eyes, about half glabellar length, narrow. Pygidium with 10–11 axial rings, 6–7 pleural ribs; wide border with distinct furrow. |
Measurements
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| References: Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: Visean or 346.70000 to 330.90000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Tournaisian - Visean | Australia (New South Wales) | Australokaskia coulteri (217060) | |
| Visean | Australia (New South Wales) | Phillipsia coulteri (type locality: 217059) |