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Mesophonus perornatus
Taxonomy
Mesophonus perornatus was named by Wills (1910). Its type specimen is SM Wills 206 and is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Bromsgrove Quarry, which is in an Anisian pond shale in the Bromsgrove Sandstone Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Mesophonus.
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1910 | Mesophonus perornatus Wills p. 311 figs. Pl 22, figs 1-3,5,7-9; pl 26, figs 9.13 |
| 1947 | Mesophonus opisthophthalmus Wills p. 106 figs. Pl 2, figs 3-5,9; text-figs 3D, 5J |
| 1953 | Mesophonus opisthophthalmus Petrunkevitch p. 36 |
| 1953 | Mesophonus perornatus Petrunkevitch p. 36 |
| 1986 | Mesophonus perornatus Kjellesvig-Waering p. 80 figs. 28, 110B, 113A3 |
| 2013 | Mesophonus perornatus Dunlop et al. p. 32 |
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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.
†Mesophonus perornatus Wills 1910
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Invalid names: Mesophonus opisthophthalmus Wills 1947 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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