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Skemmatocare elegans
Taxonomy
Otarion elegans was named by Munster (1842). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Schübelhammer (Münster collection), which is in a Famennian marine horizon in the Wapnica Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Skemmatocare.
It was recombined as Skemmatocare elegans by Richter and Richter (1927).
It was recombined as Skemmatocare elegans by Richter and Richter (1927).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1842 | Otarion elegans Munster |
| 1927 | Skemmatocare elegans Richter and Richter |
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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.
†Skemmatocare elegans Munster 1842
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, o = order, c = class | |||||
| References: Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Famennian or 365.20000 to 358.86000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Famennian | Germany | Otarion elegans (181333) |