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Taxonomy
Ogygia selwynii major was named by Salter (1866).
It was recombined as Merlinia major by Fortey and Owens (1978).
It was recombined as Merlinia major by Fortey and Owens (1978).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1866 | Ogygia selwynii major Salter |
| 1978 | Merlinia major Fortey and Owens p. 276 |
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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 major Salter 1866
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| R. A. Fortey and R. M. Owens 1978 | Closely similar to M. selwynii except that cephalic doublure is broader, so that front
end of eye is closer to paradoublural line; pygidial doublure wider, inner margin not parallel to pygidial margin, so that doublure has its greatest width exsag. |
Measurements
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| References: Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available