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Quasimodaspis brentsae
Taxonomy
Quasimodaspis brentsae was named by Waggoner (2003). Its type specimen is USNM 520681 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 3487-CO, which is in a Delamaran offshore shelf shale/dolomite in the Emigrant Formation of Nevada. It is the type species of Quasimodaspis.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2003 | Quasimodaspis brentsae Waggoner pp. 707 - 713 figs. Figures 3.1–3.4, 4.1–4.10, 5.1–5.4, 9.1–9.3 |
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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.
†Quasimodaspis brentsae Waggoner 2003
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| B. Waggoner 2003 | Relatively small aglaspidids with highly arched axial region, no genal spines, very short pleural spines, large smooth eyes relatively far apart. |
Measurements
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| Reference: Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||