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Dianops algeriensis
Taxonomy
Dianops algeriensis was named by Cronier et al. (2013). Its type specimen is MUA/1094/014, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tamtert-Zereg, Beni-Abbès, which is in a Famennian offshore limestone in the Marhouma Formation of Algeria.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2013 | Dianops algeriensis Cronier et al. p. 1013 fig. 6p–t |
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†Dianops algeriensis Cronier et al. 2013
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| C. Cronier et al. 2013 | Cephalon rather narrow; glabella little prominent and narrow, bounded by deep axial furrows slightly divergent (55˚) with anterolateral angles rounded to cut off; S2 and S3 absent; L1 coalescing with the frontal lobe, without intercalating ring; lateral preoccipital lobes transverses and slightly differentiated; posterior furrowdeep andwide; lateral border furrow shallow anteriorly; posterolateral furrows effaced at the genal angle. Numerous granules on the preserved portion of L0. |
Measurements
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, subo = suborder, c = class | |||||
| References: Hendy 2009, Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: Middle Famennian or 368.50000 to 365.20000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Famennian | Algeria | Dianops algeriensis (type locality: 234944) |