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Trimerocephalus tardispinosus
Taxonomy
Trimerocephalus tardispinosus was named by Feist and Becker (1997). Its type specimen is GSWA- F49811, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bed 17. Sprite Ridge, near Bob's Bore in Virgin Hills, which is in a Famennian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Virgin Hills Formation of Australia.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1997 | Trimerocephalus tardispinosus Feist and Becker pp. 236 - 238 figs. P1. 1, fig. 9; P1.2. figs. 1-7 |
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†Trimerocephalus tardispinosus Feist and Becker 1997
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| R. Feist and T. Becker 1997 | A species of Trimerocephalus with long genal spines persisting into the holaspid stage; facial suture running on to anterior cheek; pygidium with depressed, stout axis; anterior pleural bands much larger than posterior. |
Measurements
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, subo = suborder, c = class | |||||
| References: Hendy 2009, Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: Middle Famennian or 368.50000 to 365.20000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Famennian | Australia (Western Australia) | Trimerocephalus tardispinosus (type locality: 223580 223593) |