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Wufengella bengtsoni
Taxonomy
Wufengella bengtsoni was named by Guo et al. (2022). Its type specimen is CJHMD00041, a shell (sclerites + soft parts), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Haikou [Yuanshan Fm (formerly Qiongzhusi)], which is in an Atdabanian marine mudstone in the Yuanshan Formation of China. It is the type species of Wufengella.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2022 | Wufengella bengtsoni Guo et al. p. 4769 figs. Fig. 1-03 |
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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.
†Wufengella bengtsoni Guo et al. 2022
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| J. Guo et al. 2022 | Dorsal biseriate scleritome of successively overlapping and distinct left (sellate) and right (mitral) sclerites, with superim- posed smaller, dorsal, cap-shaped sclerites arranged in rows at the lateral margins of the scleritome. In each row, 12 sellate and 11 or 12 mitral sclerites are preserved. Sclerite surfaces bear growth lines and prominent, regular ribs, without visible radial ornamentation. Flat, rigid lobes flank the body—a longer and narrower dorsal lobe and shorter and wider ventral lobe. Dorsally, between the scleritome and the lobes, are long capillary chaetae, bundled into fascicles, with some additional spinose chaetae. |
Measurements
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| Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
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 | China (Yunnan) | Wufengella bengtsoni (type locality: 68083) |