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Piochella peasleensis
Taxonomy
Piochella peasleensis was named by Sundberg and McCollum (2003). Its type specimen is USNM 510105, a cephalon/head (complete cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Piochella.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2003 | Piochella peasleensis Sundberg and McCollum p. 353 figs. Figure 17.10-17.15 |
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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.
†Piochella peasleensis Sundberg and McCollum 2003
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| F. A. Sundberg and L.B. McCollum 2003 | Same as for genus. [Cranidium pentagonal in outline with moderately low relief; anterior branches of facial suture parallel to mod~rately convergent; posterior branch slightly divergent, nearly parallel; glabella moderately to strongly tapered, frontal lobe bluntly rounded, straight or slightly convex glabellar outline, lateral gla- bellar furrows and axial furrows nearly effaced; anterior border narrow, upturned; border furrow wide; palpebral lobes moderately long, posteriorly placed; fixigena slightly convex, level; anterior area moderately downsloping, posterior area extending slightly past palpebral lobes. Exoskeleton smooth.] |
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| References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||