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Pyritocephalus rudis
Taxonomy
Pyritocephalus rudis was named by Westoll (1944). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Hancock museum, a partial skull (Skull roof). Its type locality is Cannel shale, Newsham, which is in a Westphalian B marine shale in the Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation of the United Kingdom.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1944 | Pyritocephalus rudis Westoll |
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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.
†Pyritocephalus rudis Westoll 1944
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 |
Age range: Westphalian B or 314.60000 to 314.60000 Ma
Collections: one only
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Westphalian B | United Kingdom (England) | Pyritocephalus rudis (type locality: 229823) |