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Raymondaspis (Turgicephalus) whittingtoni
Taxonomy
Raymondaspis (Turgicephalus) whittingtoni was named by Nielsen (1995) [= 1919 Ceratopyge sp. - Funkquist, pp. 2 1 , 39 (listed)
= 1950 Raymondaspis limbatus (Angelin, 1854) - Whittington, pp. 549-550; Pl. 72: 11-14 (pygidia from Fågelsång described, discussed and figured) .]. Its type specimen is MGUH 22.958 (K 482), a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1995 | Raymondaspis (Turgicephalus) whittingtoni Nielsen pp. 313 - 317 figs. 226-228 |
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†Raymondaspis (Turgicephalus) whittingtoni Nielsen 1995
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| A. T. Nielsen 1995 | Large species. GlabeIla of low relief, pestleshaped; usually no anterior cranidial border; anterior margin of cranidium rounded (dorsal view) ; genal angle rounded; cephalic terrace lines sparse. Pygidium quite convex, short; no concave border. Axis long, slender, inconsiderably raised above pleural fields, evenly tapering backwards. Surface sculpture of pygidium consists of a few vaguely impressed terrace lines on anterior portion of pleural fields dose to axis. Doublure narrow (cephalon and pygidium). |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, o = order, c = class | |||||
| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available