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Barrandeops forteyi
Taxonomy
Barrandeops forteyi was named by McKellar and Chatterton (2009) [= 1977 [partim] Phacops turco aff. praecedens Haas 1968; Fortey and Morris, p. 25-32, pl. 1-2 [non pl.I, fig. 7; pl. 2, fig. 3].]. Its type specimen is UA6942 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Talawarite, Psychopyge horizon, which is in an Emsian carbonate limestone in Morocco. It is the type species of Barrandeops.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2009 | Barrandeops forteyi McKellar and Chatterton pp. 49 - 53 figs. Plate 15.1-15.12; 16.1-16.12; 17.1-17.12; Text-figures 16, 17 |
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†Barrandeops forteyi McKellar and Chatterton 2009
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| R. C. McKellar and B. D. E. Chatterton 2009 | Extremely pronounced sclera, often bearing single or paired tubercles on raised surfaces directly above and below lense.s , .a nd . producing unique cruciform arangement of lenses wrthm VISual surface; eye bearing 18 vertical rows of lenses with maximum of 4 (more often 3) lenses p~ vertical row, a number markedly low for visual surface size· palpebral furrow deep; sculpture of coarse conical tubercle; with fairly dense distribution; doublure bearing slightly elongate (tr.) granules with weak interconnection; pygidial axis relatively short and wide, with fairly complete terminal closure, and composed of 7-8 clear rings plus terminal piece;= pygidial pleural field typically with 4-5 ribs. |
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| References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||