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Kochiella brevaspis
Taxonomy
Kochiella brevaspis was named by Sundberg and McCollum (2002). Its type specimen is USNM 509453, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM 41742, Log Cabin Mbr, Highland Range, which is in a St Davids marine mudstone in the Pioche Shale Formation of Nevada.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2002 | Kochiella brevaspis Sundberg and McCollum pp. 83 - 85 figs. Figure 8.1-8.11 |
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†Kochiella brevaspis Sundberg and McCollum 2002
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| F. A. Sundberg and L. B. McCollum 2002 | Cranidia with elongated glabella (73 ± 2 percent cranidial length), moderately deep lateral glabellar furrows, strongly to moderately posteriorly directed ocular ridges, anterior border furrow evenly curved, slightly convex anterior border, frontal area short (27 ± 2 percent cranidial length) and moder ately wide (60 to 65 percent cranidial width), and coarse granules. |