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Cathaysiorthis xichuanensis
Taxonomy
Cathaysiorthis xichuanensis was named by Huang et al. (2019). Its type specimen is NIGP 168399, NYS 026, a valve, and it is a 3D body fossil.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2019 | Cathaysiorthis xichuanensis Huang et al. fig. 10 |
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†Cathaysiorthis xichuanensis Huang et al. 2019
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| B. Huang et al. 2019 | Medium-sized Cathaysiorthis species, possessing relatively finer costellae than the genotype, well developed ventral muscle field with bounding ridges, and smaller cardinal process, than the genotype, with fine ridges on side of weakly developed myophore; fulcral plates absent; dorsal muscle scars with anterior pair shorter and narrower than posterior pair. |