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Plumeropriscum
Taxonomy
Plumeropriscum was named by Mason and Narbonne (2016) [= 2003 ‘Feather dusters,’ Wood et al., fig. 9.
= 2005 ‘Feather dusters,’ Narbonne, fig. 5e.]. Its type is Plumeropriscum hofmanni.
It was assigned to Rangeomorpha by Mason and Narbonne (2016).
It was assigned to Rangeomorpha by Mason and Narbonne (2016).
Species
P. hofmanni (type species)
Entered
by P. Wagner on 2024-11-06; modified by P. Wagner on 2024-11-06
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2016 | Plumeropriscum Mason and Narbonne p. 187 |
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G. †Plumeropriscum Mason and Narbonne 2016
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†Plumeropriscum hofmanni Mason and Narbonne 2016
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| S. J. Mason and G. M. Narbonne 2016 | Cm-scale frondose fossil with a roughly deltoid petalodium attached to a bulbous or discoidal holdfast by a cylindrical stem. The petalodium consists of at least nine thin primary branches attached at the base of the petalodium extending upward distally from the base of the petalodium. Where well-preserved, rangeomorph architecture is subtly visible. No axial stalk is evident. Branches in the foreground can be seen in their entirety, but background branches are partially obscured beneath foreground branches, implying a bushy, mop-like shape of the organism before compaction. |