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Rhopalocystis grandis
Taxonomy
Rhopalocystis grandis was named by Chauvel (1971). Its type specimen is 1725a and is a 3D body fossil.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1971 | Rhopalocystis grandis Chauvel p. 44 figs. 44, pl. 1, figs. 1–5; pl. 2, fig. 1 |
| 2017 | Rhopalocystis grandis Allaire et al. pp. 703 - 704 figs. 5.1, 5.15, 9.5–9.7, 10.1, 10.3, 10.5 |
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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.
†Rhopalocystis grandis Chauvel 1971
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| N. Allaire et al. 2017 | Rhopalocystis with a large-sized theca, made up of one basal, numerous irregular plates (infralateral and lateral areas undifferentiated), and three circlets of globular-shaped radials. Thecal plates ornamented with small punctiform granulations |
Measurements
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| Source: g = genus, c = class, p = phylum | |||||
| References: Aberhan 1992, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: Tremadocian or 485.40000 to 477.70000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Tremadocian | Morocco (Zagora) | Rhopalocystis grandis (182907 197257) |