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Allopleuron lipsiensis
Taxonomy
Allopleuron lipsiensis was named by Karl (2007). Its type specimen is PMUL ES [no number], a shell (carapace posterior up pleural III), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Espenhain/Sachsen, which is in a MP 22 marine horizon in the Bohlen Formation of Germany.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2007 | Allopleuron lipsiensis Karl p. 49 figs. Pl. 9 Fig. 2 |
| 2012 | Allopleuron lipsiensis Karl et al. |
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†Allopleuron lipsiensis Karl 2007
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| H.-V. Karl 2007 | Allopleuroninae. No keel elements present. Very large peripheral fontanelles in the carapace, free costae longer than pleural plate, lateral peripherals not as strongly as in A. hofmanni; humerus with short processus radialis (lateralis) and fascia; alveolar surface of the dental simple, without vertical differentiation, symphysis short and without cavern. |
Measurements
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| Source: superf = superfamily, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Uetz 2005, Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004 | |||||