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Cedaria prolifica
Taxonomy
Cedaria prolifica was named by Walcott (1924). Its type specimen is USNM 70266, an exoskeleton (complete exoskeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Cedaria.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
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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.
†Cedaria prolifica Walcott 1924
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Guzhangian to the top of the Dresbachian or 500.50000 to 486.85000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Menevian | Greenland (Peary Land) | Cedaria prolifica (49487) | |
| Marjumian | Greenland (Peary Land) | Cedaria prolifica (49486) | |
| Marjumian | USA (Alabama) | Cedaria prolifica (75641) | |
| Guzhangian | Argentina (Mendoza) | Cedaria prolifica (230407) | |
| Dresbachian | Canada (Yukon) | Cedaria prolifica (55221) | |
| Dresbachian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | Cedaria prolifica (25605) |