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Eochonetes voldemortus (The Brach who must not be named)
Taxonomy
Eochonetes voldemortus was named by Bauer and Stigall (2016) [= Thaerodonta sp. Ross 1959 p. 458, pl. 55, figs. 40–43.]. Its type specimen is USNM 133257, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is D240 CO. On ridge between Black Canyon and South Creek, just north of divide, which is in a Richmondian carbonate limestone in the Saturday Mountain Formation of Idaho.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2016 | Eochonetes voldemortus Bauer and Stigall p. 907 fig. 7.21–7.23 |
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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.
†Eochonetes voldemortus Bauer and Stigall 2016 [The Brach who must not be named]
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| J. E. Bauer and A. L. Stigall 2016 | Length commonly less than half the width; lateral margins gently sloping; ventral interior unknown; denticles numerous, 9 or 10 on one cardinal extremity, originating in center of hinge, terminating 1mm from cardinal extremity tip; bulbous median ridge prior to bifurcation; very faint bema.
Outline semicircular. Hinge line straight; cardinal extremities acute. Ventral interarea apsacline. Delthryium small, covered apically by rounded pseudodeltidium. Ventral interior unknown. Dorsal interarea hypercline. Denticles numerous, 9 or 10 on one cardinal extremity, originating in center of hinge, terminating 1mm from cardinal extremity tip. Cardinal process stout; chilidial plates steep; brachial process short, pointed; sockets wide, deep. Muscle scar field short, narrow; median ridges extending from central portion of brachial process, one-half shell length; lateral ridges elevated, terminating early. Bema faint, extending directly from tip of brachial process; median ridges extending anterior to extent of bema. |
Measurements
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| Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: Richmondian or 449.60000 to 445.50000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Richmondian | USA (Idaho) | Thaerodonta sp. (type locality: 183358) |