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Taxonomy
Vulcanoia apicalis was named by Hamilton (1990). Its type specimen is AMNH 43603, an exoskeleton (female), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Crato (AMNH collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil.
It was recombined as Vulcanetoia apicalis by Allsopp (2024).
It was recombined as Vulcanetoia apicalis by Allsopp (2024).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1990 | Vulcanoia apicalis Hamilton p. 113 figs. 76-78, 126 |
| 2004 | Vulcanoia apicalis Szwedo et al. p. 77 |
| 2024 | Vulcanetoia apicalis Allsopp p. 295 |
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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.
†Vulcanetoia apicalis Hamilton 1990
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Aptian or 119.57000 to 113.20000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Aptian | Brazil (Ceará) | Vulcanoia apicalis (type locality: 122352) |