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Pinnuloharpes merzaneensis
Taxonomy
Pinnuloharpes merzaneensis was named by Johnson (2024). Its type specimen is NHMUK It 20349, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2024 | Pinnuloharpes merzaneensis Johnson p. 93 figs. Pl. 45A–L |
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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.
†Pinnuloharpes merzaneensis Johnson 2024
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| R. G. Johnson 2024 | Cephalon ovoid, glabella with tectiform flanks. S1 short, sloping backwards. L1 weakly inflated and axial furrows effaced at junction of L1 and alae. Occipital furrow shallow, occipital ring pitted and in lateral view, higher than glabella anterior to S0. Genal area very broad (tr.). Anterior boss joined to glabella and preglabellar furrow effaced. Perforations becoming smaller for a short distance away from girder. Girder kink pronounced. Brim narrowing strongly posterolaterally. Marginal band with ridge top and bottom. Tubercles on dorsal surface of internal rims. Pygidium with four pleurae and tubercles on terminal piece. |
Measurements
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997 | |||||
Collections
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