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Mexicaspis difuntosensis
Taxonomy
Mexicaspis difuntosensis was named by Lochman (1952). Its type specimen is U.S.N.M. No.115766, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1952 | Mexicaspis difuntosensis Lochman pp. 139-141 figs. 10-23 |
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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.
†Mexicaspis difuntosensis Lochman 1952
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| C. Lochman 1952 | The species is readily distinguished from Mexicaspis stenopyge Lochman, by (i) posterior part of glabella wider so that forward expansion appears less, (2) glabella moderately convex, (3) dorsal furrow in front of glabella and marginal furrow distincton outer surface, (4) pygidium with broader proportions, and (5) the lateral direction of the posterior pair of marginal spines. |
Measurements
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||