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Ctenoptychius apicalis
Taxonomy
Ctenoptychius apicalis was named by Agassiz (1838). Its type specimen is BMNH P.496, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Silverdale, South Staffordshire (BMNH), which is in a Moscovian terrestrial horizon in the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Ctenoptychius.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1838 | Ctenoptychius apicalis Agassiz pp. 99-100 figs. Pl 19, figs 1,1a |
| 1855 | Ctenoptychius apicalis M'Coy p. 626 |
| 1889 | Ctenoptychius apicalis Woodward p. 50 |
| 1902 | Ctenoptychius apicalis Hay p. 281 |
| 2001 | Ctenoptychius apicalis Downs and Daeschler p. 811 |
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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.
†Ctenoptychius apicalis Agassiz 1838
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Mississippian to the top of the Moscovian or 358.90000 to 307.00000 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Mississippian | United Kingdom | Ctenoptychius apicalis (132781) | |
| Pennsylvanian | United Kingdom | Ctenoptychius apicalis (137307) | |
| Moscovian | United Kingdom | Ctenoptychius apicalis (137310 137311 137312 type locality: 137313 137338) |