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Vernonaspis bamberi
Taxonomy
Vernonaspis bamberi was named by Denison (1963). Its type specimen is PU 17081, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Beaver River, which is in a Silurian marine dolomite in Canada.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1963 | Vernonaspis bamberi Denison p. 110 figs. Fig. 61 |
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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.
†Vernonaspis bamberi Denison 1963
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| R. H. Denison 1963 | The length of the dorsal shield is 43 to 46 mm. The dentine ridges are 5 to 6 per millimeter. The posterior edges of the shields are smoothly convex, without a median lobe. |
Measurements
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| References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004 | |||||