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Taxonomy
Birmanites akchiensis was named by Ghobadi Pour et al. (2011). Its type specimen is NMW 2005.32G.181 (external mould of cranidium) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 203b. Karugach Section. East side of Ayaguz River, about 7 km north of Akchii, which is in a Katian carbonate sandstone/siltstone in the Karagach Formation of Kazakhstan.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2011 | Birmanites akchiensis Ghobadi Pour et al. pp. 166 - 168 fig. 7a–e |
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†Birmanites akchiensis Ghobadi Pour et al. 2011
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| M. Ghobadi Pour et al. 2011 | Cranidium of about equal length and width, with broadly and evenly rounded anterior margin; preglabellar field smooth, with very weakly expressed longitudinal median ridge; pygidium about 70% as long as wide, with axis occupying 20% of pygidial width and 75% of maximum pygidial length, and terminating with a short postaxial ridge; axial furrows are shallow and wide, almost straight; 12 well-defined axial rings; pleural field flattened, with six pairs of pleural ribs which do not reach border. |
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| References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||