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Menatops orbiculatus
Taxonomy
Cupes orbiculatus was named by Kirejtshuk et al. (2010). Its type specimen is MNT-05-198, an exoskeleton, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Menat (MNT collection), which is in a Selandian crater lake diatomite in the Menat Formation of France. It is the type species of Menatops.
It was recombined as Menatops orbiculatus by Kirejtshuk et al. (2016), Kirejtshuk (2020).
It was recombined as Menatops orbiculatus by Kirejtshuk et al. (2016), Kirejtshuk (2020).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2010 | Cupes orbiculatus Kirejtshuk et al. p. 220 figs. Figs 4-6 |
| 2016 | Menatops orbiculatus Kirejtshuk et al. p. 101 figs. 10-17 |
| 2020 | Menatops orbiculatus Kirejtshuk p. 69 |
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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.
†Menatops orbiculatus Kirejtshuk et al. 2010
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||