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Balticoglaucus avalonensis
Taxonomy
Balticoglaucus avalonensis was named by Westrop and Landing (2025). Its type specimen is NBMG 23377, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2025 | Balticoglaucus avalonensis Westrop and Landing pp. 995 - 997 figs. 19 - 20 |
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†Balticoglaucus avalonensis Westrop and Landing 2025
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| S. R. Westrop and E. Landing 2025 | Occipital spine originates near posterior margin of LO. Palpebral ridge well defined on external surface and internal mould. Palpebral area broad, width (tr.) equal to 30% (28–32) of cranidial width across palpebral lobes. Finely granulose external surface of cranidium, with faint relict of fixigenal tubercle array evident on some specimens (e.g., Fig. 20f). Broad pygidium subtriangular in outline; axis with two rings in front of terminal piece composed of at least two segments. |
Measurements
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997 | |||||