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Microparia grandis
Taxonomy
Aeglina grandis was named by Salter and in Murchison (1859). Its type specimen is GSM 35275, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Cyclopyge grandis by Whittard (1961); it was recombined as Microparia grandis by Fortey and Owens (1978).
It was recombined as Cyclopyge grandis by Whittard (1961); it was recombined as Microparia grandis by Fortey and Owens (1978).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1859 | Aeglina grandis Salter and in Murchison p. 53 figs. fig. 6 |
| 1961 | Cyclopyge grandis Whittard p. 182 |
| 1978 | Microparia grandis Fortey and Owens p. 253 |
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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.
†Microparia grandis Salter and in Murchison 1859
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| R. A. Fortey and R. M. Owens 1978 | Microparia species with six thoracic segments, eyes widely separated at anterior
margin. Glabella expan9ing in width to about one-third cephalic length, tapering anteriorly; narrow (trans.) eyes, with correspondingly curved inner margins. Palpebral rims narrow, effaced posteriorly. Semicircular pygidium with short, narrow axis, with single axial ring clearly defined; border faint, especially postaxially. |
Measurements
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009 | |||||