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Amplifallotaspis
Taxonomy
Amplifallotaspis was named by Hollingsworth (2007). Its type is Amplifallotaspis keni.
It was assigned to Fallotaspididae by Hollingsworth (2007).
It was assigned to Fallotaspididae by Hollingsworth (2007).
Species
A. keni (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2007 | Amplifallotaspis Hollingsworth p. 136 |
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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.
G. †Amplifallotaspis Hollingsworth 2007
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†Amplifallotaspis keni Hollingsworth 2007
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| J. S. Hollingsworth 2007 | A fallotaspidid trilobite with a wide cephalon and outwardly directed genal spines. Genal spine angle is advanced to align (tr.) with L1. Anterior border is wide, about 25% of cephalic length and strongly convex dorsally. Glabella narrow, parallel-sided to slightly tapered.
Ocular lobes connected to LA in posterior twothirds by eye ridges as wide as, but less elevated than the ocular lobes. At LA, eye ridges form an angle of 65ยบ with the sagittal axis. Ocular lobes wide and elevated posteriorly. Interocular area about as wide (tr.) as extraocular area. |
Measurements
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| References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||