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Cardipeltis wallacii
Taxonomy
Cardipeltis wallacii was named by Branson and Mehl (1931). Its type specimen is Numbers 601 and 602, Vertebrate Paleontology, University of Mis-souri, a skeleton (the natural mold of both the dorsal and ventral surfaces of a fairly complete dorsal shield), and it is a mold.
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1931 | Cardipeltis wallacii Branson and Mehl p. 517 figs. Pl. II, Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
| 1932 | Cardipeltis wallacii Bryant p. 240 |
| 1933 | Cardipeltis sinclairi Bryant p. 308 figs. Pl. XVIII, Fig. 1; Text Fig. 6 |
| 1933 | Cardipeltis oblongus Bryant p. 310 figs. Pl. XIX; Text Fig. 7 |
| 1966 | Cardipeltis wallacii Denison p. 91 |
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†Cardipeltis wallacii Branson and Mehl 1931
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Invalid names: Cardipeltis oblongus Bryant 1933 [synonym], Cardipeltis sinclairi Bryant 1933 [synonym]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| E. B. Branson and M. G. Mehl 1931 | Dorsal armor consisting of one subcardiform
or triangular plate of large size with length and width about equal and orbital notches near midlength. The dorsal surface is marked by fine, closely crowded vermiform ridges. Ventral shield unknown. | |
| R. H. Denison 1966 | The dorsal disc has a median length in known specimens of 132 -159 mm. The ratio of its maximum width to its median length is 1.05 to 1.15. The ratio of the greatest width across the anterior part of the disc to that across its postbranchial lobes is .73 to.78. Thebranchialnotchesareofmoderatedepth,andseparated from each other by 95 to 105 mm. The ornament of the dorsal disc consists of rather coarse ridges, generally radiating laterally and anterolaterally from the midline, but with many irregularities; the ridges are subdivided into tubercles near the margins, and occasionally over much—of the disc. |
Measurements
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| Reference: Kiessling 2004 | |||||