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Pustulocystis pentax
Taxonomy
Pustulocystis pentax was named by Paul (1971). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Quarry dump, Newsom Station, which is in a Wenlock marine horizon in the Osgood Formation of Tennessee.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1971 | Pustulocystis pentax Paul pp. 138 - 140 figs. 59, 60 |
| 2011 | Pustulocystis pentax Frest et al. p. 87 |
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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.
†Pustulocystis pentax Paul 1971
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| C. R. C. Paul 1971 | A species of Pustulocystis with pentagonal peristome and five ambulacral facets; pustular plates. | |
| T. J. Frest et al. 2011 | A species of Pustulocystis with five-sided peristomial and five ambulacral facets, gonopore on FA1:FA2 suture, elongate fusiform theca with distinct aboral projection, and moderate attachment area. Plate sutures slightly impressed; thecal plates in 10 circlets of ca. 10 plates each. |
Measurements
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| Source: subp = subphylum, p = phylum | |||||
| References: Aberhan 1992, Bambach et al. 2007 | |||||