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Rusophycus morgati

Taxonomy
Rusophycus morgati was named by Baldwin (1977). It is considered to be a form taxon.

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Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Rusophycus morgati Baldwin fig. 1,2

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RankNameAuthor
Ichnofossils
genusRusophycusHall 1852
RankNameAuthor
speciesmorgati

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Rusophycus morgati Baldwin 1977
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C.T. Baldwin 1977Trilobite resting trace with impressions of hypostome, coxae and most of the length of the appendages which show a pronounced bent "knee" between the second and the third podomere. Cast, roughly pear-shaped, wider at the anterior end with impression of the pygidial margin around the posterior edge.