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Taxonomy
Westropia was named by Adrain (1997). Its type is Westropia benfieldi.
It was assigned to Proetinae by Adrain (1997).
It was assigned to Proetinae by Adrain (1997).
Species
W. benfieldi (type species), W. skipperae
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1997 | Westropia Adrain p. 41 |
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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.
G. †Westropia Adrain 1997
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†Westropia benfieldi Adrain 1997
†Westropia skipperae Adrain 1997
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| J. M. Adrain 1997 | Glabella elongate, forward tapering, weakly inflated, posterior section of facial suture exsagittally elongate and laterally convex behind eye, eye long and low, librigenal field elongate and tuberculate; genal spine short but cylindrical, pygidium with six or seven axial rings, strongly impressed pleural and interpleural furrows, and evenly ar mate posterior margin. |
Measurements
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| References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Sheinwoodian to the top of the Homerian or 432.90000 to 426.70000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Sheinwoodian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | W. benfieldi (682 229171) | |
| Sheinwoodian | Canada (Nunavut) | W. sp. (25975) | |
| Homerian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | W. skipperae (229172) |