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Taxonomy
Minicryphaeus was named by Bignon and Crônier (2014).
It was assigned to Asteropyginae by Bignon and Crônier (2014).
It was assigned to Asteropyginae by Bignon and Crônier (2014).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2014 | Minicryphaeus Bignon and Crônier p. 635 |
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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.
G. †Minicryphaeus Bignon and Crônier 2014
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†Minicryphaeus giganteus Bignon et al. 2014
†Minicryphaeus minimus Morzadec 2001
†Minicryphaeus quaterspinosus Morzadec 2001
†Minicryphaeus sarirus Morzadec 2001
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| A. Bignon and C. Crônier 2014 | Cephalon may have a prefrontal spine; frontal lobe diamond shaped; axial furrows straight between S1 and S3; 5–8 lenses per dorsoventral file of visual surface; genal spine shorter than glabella with narrow proximal portion; narrow anterior border, lateral border very large, poorly developed on genal spine. Pygidium with anterior pleural bands as wide and elevated as posterior bands, flat pleural bands; axis with 7–10 rings; 5 pleural segments; 4 or 5 pairs of pygidial spines shorter than pleural width (tr.), mainly developed from posterior pleural bands; terminal pygidial spine slightly wider than axis, roughly triangular, twice as long as other pygidial spines. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class | |||||
| References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997 | |||||