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Drepanocarpos
Taxonomy
Drepanocarpos was named by Smith and Jell (1999). Its type is Drepanocarpos australis.
It was assigned to Phyllocystidae by Smith and Jell (1999).
It was assigned to Phyllocystidae by Smith and Jell (1999).
Species
D. australis (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1999 | Drepanocarpos Smith and Jell pp. 342 - 347 |
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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.
G. †Drepanocarpos Smith and Jell 1999
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†Drepanocarpos australis Smith and Jell 1999
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| A. B. Smith and P. A. Jell 1999 | Cornute with body longer than wide, with strong marginal frame and ventral stmt; ventral surface composed of a few large plates; dorsal tegmen of many small platelets. Gill slits 4-5. as cothurnopores in the posterior left-hand side in an embayment of marginal plate k, framed by skeletal elements. A transverse bar on the dorsal surface separates the body into proximal and distal portions. Proximal part of appendage with 6 well-defined rings, distal part narrower. No strongly differentiated stylocone. |
Measurements
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan 1992 | |||||