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Spygoria zappania
Taxonomy
Spygoria zappania was named by Salak and Lescinsky (1999). Its type specimen is UCMP 49783 and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Spygoria.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1999 | Spygoria zappania Salak and Lescinsky p. 575 figs. Figures 4-6 |
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†Spygoria zappania Salak and Lescinsky 1999
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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M. Salak and H. L. Lescinsky 1999 | As for the genus. [ individual consists of several crudely hemi- spherical "cups," composed of calcium carbonate (probably ara- gonite); cups oriented with concave sides facing upward, cups nest eccentrically inside one another, forming stacks; cups at- tached where rims share common margin; attachment zone roughly vertically up stack.] |