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Fallotaspis planospinosa
Taxonomy
Fallotaspis planospinosa was named by Hupé (1953). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is F1, Tazemmourt Section, lower Amouslek bioherms, which is in an Atdabanian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Amouslek Formation of Morocco.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1953 | Fallotaspis planospinosa Hupé pp. 128-129 figs. text-fig. 21, PI. II , fig . 4 |
| 1996 | Fallotaspis planospinosa Geyer pp. 169 - 170 figs. Fig. 59 |
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†Fallotaspis planospinosa Hupé 1953
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| G. Geyer 1996 | A species of Fallotaspis with a relatively hort , moderately tapering glabella with slightly truncate frontal lobe; occipital ring with weil defined anterolateral nodes, extended into a terminal spine· ocular Iobes moderately long, posterior tips opposite anterior part of occipital lobe in adult specimens; extraocular area moderately wide. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, o = order, c = class | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997 | |||||
Age range: Atdabanian or 521.00000 to 516.00000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Atdabanian | Morocco | Fallotaspis planospinosa (type locality: 80900) |