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Taxonomy
Isotelus bradleyi was named by Amati (2014) [= ? Isoteloides kimmswickensis, Bradley 1930 pl. 27, figs. 3, 4.]. Its type specimen is OU 11796, a cephalon/head (small, mostly exfoliated cranidium missing one posterior fixigena and palpebral lobe;), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 99-13. U.S. Highway 99 Section, which is in a Turinian carbonate wackestone/floatstone in the Bromide Formation of Oklahoma.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2014 | Isotelus bradleyi Amati pp. 14 - 15 figs. Pl. 6, Pl. 7, Figs. 1-3, Pl. 8, Figs. 1-3 |
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†Isotelus bradleyi Amati 2014
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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L. Amati 2014 | A species of Isotelus with anterior branches of facial sutures directed inward in front of palpebral lobes then curving outward so that lateral margins of cranidium in front of palpebral lobes strongly sinuous. Anterior branches of facial sutures curve abruptly forward just before intersecting making anterior margin of cranidium sharply pointed. Ornament of coarse pits. Pygidium subtriangular but short (sag.) for genus and without border furrow. |