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Heropyrgus
Taxonomy
Heropyrgus was named by Briggs et al. (2017). Its type is Heropyrgus disterminus. It was considered unknown by Briggs et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Rhenopyrgidae by Briggs et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Rhenopyrgidae by Briggs et al. (2017).
Species
H. disterminus (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2017 | Heropyrgus Briggs et al. |
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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.
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| D. E. Briggs et al. 2017 | Rhenopyrgid lacking cover plates; oral plates fringed by nine
floor plates with narrow ridges on their inner surface; floor plates separated by permanent gape; oral and floor plates fused into compound interradial plates; constricted elongate zone of imbricate plates between oral surface and suboral collar; long peduncle composed of numerous imbricate plates organized into eight columns. |
Measurements
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| References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||