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Nickcaves pterygocephalus
Taxonomy
Nickcaves pterygocephalus was named by Carnevale and Bannikov (2015). Its type specimen is MCSNV I.G. VR. 66660, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Monte Postale, Monte Bolca (Museo di Storia Naturale di Verona collection), which is in a Ypresian carbonate limestone in Italy. It is the type species of Nickcaves.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2015 | Nickcaves pterygocephalus Carnevale and Bannikov p. 20 figs. Figure 2 |
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†Nickcaves pterygocephalus Carnevale and Bannikov 2015
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| G. Carnevale and A. Bannikov 2015 | A member of the family Pietschellidae unique in having the following combination of characters: neural spines of the three anterior abdominal vertebrae well-devel- oped and anteroposterioly expanded; abdominal verte- brae three to eight with triangular thickened parapo- physes of progressively increasing length; neural spine of the penultimate vertebra remarkably enlarged with lobate profile; caudal fin rounded with 11 (5+6) un- branched rays and two upper and two lower procur- rent rays; dorsal fin continuous with five spines and 17 rays; height of dorsal-fin spines gradually decreasing posteriorly; first dorsal-fin spine massive and strongly ossified; vacant interneural space between neural spines of fifth and sixth vertebrae; dorsal- and anal-fin rays un- branched; pterygiophores of the spinous portion of the dorsal fin greatly expanded, nearly triangular in out- line; anal fin contains a short spine and 12 rays; a series of unicuspid dermal scale spinules associated with the bases of the dorsal- and anal-fin rays. |
Measurements
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| Reference: Carroll 1988 | |||||