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Taxonomy
Gerastos arcus was named by Van Viersen and Prescher (2010) [Paratypes
Two cephala (IRSNB a12782, a12783), one mostly exfoliated complete specimen (IRSNB a12784).]. Its type specimen is IRSNB a12781, a cephalothorax, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pl. Couvin 11a, Petigny, which is in an Eifelian marine mixed carbonate-siliciclastic in the Jemelle Formation of Belgium.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2010 | Gerastos arcus Van Viersen and Prescher pp. 16-17 figs. Fig. 3; Pl. 2, Figs 11, 14-19 |
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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.
†Gerastos arcus Van Viersen and Prescher 2010
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Hendy 2009, Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||