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Taxonomy
Merlinia rhyakos was named by Fortey and Owens (1978). Its type specimen is BM(NH) It 14024, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Merlinia.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1978 | Merlinia rhyakos Fortey and Owens pp. 263 - figs. txt figs 10-11; PI. 5, figs 1-6; PI. 6, figs 1-5) |
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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.
†Merlinia rhyakos Fortey and Owens 1978
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class | |||||
| References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Moridunian or 477.10000 to 473.80000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Moridunian | United Kingdom (Wales) | Merlinia rhyakos (3683 194957) | |
| Arenig | United Kingdom | Merlinia rhyakos (236348 236349) |