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Palaeocapulus
Taxonomy
Palaeocapulus was named by Grabau and Shimer (1909).
It was synonymized subjectively with Orthonychia by Knight et al. (1960).
It was assigned to Palaeocapulidae by Grabau (1936); and to Platyceratidae by Bouchet et al. (2005) and Wagner (2023).
It was synonymized subjectively with Orthonychia by Knight et al. (1960).
It was assigned to Palaeocapulidae by Grabau (1936); and to Platyceratidae by Bouchet et al. (2005) and Wagner (2023).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1909 | Palaeocapulus Grabau and Shimer |
| 1936 | Palaeocapulus Grabau p. 311 |
| 2005 | Palaeocapulus Bouchet et al. p. 246 |
| 2023 | Palaeocapulus Wagner p. 1137 |
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G. †Palaeocapulus Grabau and Shimer 1909
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†Palaeocapulus acutirostre Hall 1856
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Invalid names: Palaeocapulus lodiensis Meek 1871 [synonym]
†Palaeocapulus equilateralis Hall 1859
†Palaeocapulus morsei Hoare 2004
†Palaeocapulus piso Walcott 1884
†Palaeocapulus trigonus Goldfuss 1844
†Palaeocapulus undata Winchell 1865
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available