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Eomegastrophia ethica
Taxonomy
Megastrophia (Eomegastrophia) ethica was named by Cocks (1967). Its type specimen is GSM 102715, a valve (ventral internal mould), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 15. Stream outcrop near Morrellswood Farm, 2 km west of Little Wenlock, which is in an Aeronian marine shale/sandstone in the Pentamerus Beds Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Brachyprion (Eomegastrophia), Megastrophia (Eomegastrophia).
It was recombined as Brachyprion (Eomegastrophia) ethica by Harper and Boucot (1978) and Dewing (1999); it was recombined as Eomegastrophia ethica by Cocks (2019).
It was recombined as Brachyprion (Eomegastrophia) ethica by Harper and Boucot (1978) and Dewing (1999); it was recombined as Eomegastrophia ethica by Cocks (2019).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1967 | Megastrophia (Eomegastrophia) ethica Cocks pp. 260 - 261 figs. pl 39 figs. 7, 9, 10 |
| 1978 | Brachyprion (Eomegastrophia) ethica Harper and Boucot p. 14 |
| 1999 | Brachyprion (Eomegastrophia) ethica Dewing p. 65 |
| 2019 | Eomegastrophia ethica Cocks p. 54 figs. Pl. 9, figs 15, 16; Pl. 10, figs 1–6 |
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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.
†Eomegastrophia ethica Cocks 1967
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Nesnidal et al. 2013 | |||||