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Fritchaspis edgecombei
Taxonomy
Fritchaspis edgecombei was named by Johnson (2024). Its type specimen is NHMUK It 29224, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2024 | Fritchaspis edgecombei Johnson pp. 61-62 figs. Pl. 18A–F |
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†Fritchaspis edgecombei Johnson 2024
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| R. G. Johnson 2024 | Cephalon widest at eyes; glabella not inset; L1 not inflated or barely inflated; occipital ring broader (sag.) than posterior border; posterior border moderately short; no preglabellar field; eye lobes large, extending to axial furrow; and no eye ridge. Course of inner margin of fringe across anterior of genal areas slightly convex; anterior boss barely inflated, attached to glabella but not reaching down to girder. No girder kink. Brim wide (sag.; 35% of cephalic length (sag.)). |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, c = class | |||||
| References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available