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Cedaria puelchana
Taxonomy
Cedaria puelchana was named by Rusconi (1954) [pl. 4, fig. 10 = Cedaria prolifica]. Its type specimen is MCNAM 17424, a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1954 | Cedaria puelchana Rusconi p. 52 figs. pl. 4, fig. 9 |
| 2023 | Cedaria puelchana Tortello p. 597 fig. 3.4–3.14 |
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†Cedaria puelchana Rusconi 1954
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| M. F. Tortello 2023 | A species of Cedaria with a large exoskeleton; noticeable lateral glabellar furrows; strongly divergent anterior branches of the facial suture; a well-developed preglabellar field that is much longer (sag.) than cranidial border; elevated palpebral lobes lacking palpebral furrows; and a semicircular pygidium with a narrow (tr.), long pygidial axis composed of 7–8 rings, five pairs of distinct pleural furrows, and a slender border. |
Measurements
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class | |||||
| References: Hendy 2009, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: Guzhangian or 500.50000 to 497.00000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Guzhangian | Argentina (Mendoza) | Cedaria puelchana (230407) |