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Centonella
Taxonomy
Centonella was named by Wolfart (1994). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Dolichometopidae by Wolfart (1994); and to Dolichometopidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).
It was assigned to Dolichometopidae by Wolfart (1994); and to Dolichometopidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1994 | Centonella Wolfart p. 33 |
| 2002 | Centonella Jell and Adrain p. 355 |
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G. †Centonella Wolfart 1994
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| R. Wolfart 1994 | The new genus Centonella is a member of the FAmily Dolichometopidae, becaus it has a strongly clavate glabella with the frontal cranidial
limb lacking and the clavation beginning in front of F1, comperatively wide(transv.) fixigenae between rather long palpebral lobes, ocular ridges well developed, three paris of short lateral glabellar furrows and a fourth preoccipital pair crossing the glabellar crest as a rather distinct, though wide and shallow furrow. Position of palpebral lobes about opposite midlenght of glabella, which is extremly inflated. Occipital ring medium in lenght (sag.) bearing a median node or small spine. Free cheeks with short general spines. In well preserved specimens, the back line of the occipital ring is triangular. Pygidium with well defiend border which is not crossed by ribs or furrows. Rachis with three or four rings, pleura with three widely rounded ribs. Posterior margin of pygidium not intended. |
Measurements
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Floran - Undillan | Antarctica | C. glomerata (69519 69520) |