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Taxonomy
Leurostega aphelix was named by Robison and Pantoja-Alor (1968). Its type specimen is USNM 159004, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM 16002b, Tinu Formation, Oaxaca, Mexico - Robison and Pantoja-Alor 1968, which is in the Tremadoc of limestone/shale the Tinu Formation Mexico. It is the type species of Leurostega.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1968 | Leurostega aphelix Robison and Pantoja-Alor p. 792 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Leurostega aphelix Robison and Pantoja-Alor 1968
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009 | |||||