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Delops obtusicaudatus
Taxonomy
Phacops obtusicaudatus was named by Salter (1849) [Lectotype selected by Rickards (1965, p. 543, pl. 84, fig. 1)]. Its type specimen is SM A38682 and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Delops.
It was recombined as Delops obtusicaudatus by Rickards (1965), Storey et al. (2016).
It was recombined as Delops obtusicaudatus by Rickards (1965), Storey et al. (2016).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by P. Wagner on 2023-02-03
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1849 | Phacops obtusicaudatus Salter p. 7 figs. pl. 1 |
| 1965 | Delops obtusicaudatus Rickards p. 543–545 figs. pl. 84, figs 1–2 |
| 2016 | Delops obtusicaudatus Storey et al. pp. 5 - 7 figs. A–F, ?G, H–M |
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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.
†Delops obtusicaudatus Salter 1849
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| A. J. Storey et al. 2016 | Genal spine short; eye extends from opposite S1 to most anterior end of L3; S2 oblique, becoming faint abaxially, weakly reaching axial furrow; S3 reaches axial furrow; 11–13 pygidial axial rings and nine pairs of pleural ribs. |
Measurements
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| References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||