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Albertella highlandensis
Taxonomy
Albertella highlandensis was named by Eddy and McCollum (1998). Its type specimen is USNM 493066 and is a 3D body fossil.
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1998 | Albertella highlandensis Eddy and McCollum pp. 870 - 873 figs. 6.1-6.8 |
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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.
†Albertella highlandensis Eddy and McCollum 1998
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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J. D. Eddy and L. B. McCollum 1998 | Cranidia with anteriorly expanded glabella; pal- pebral lobe situated opposite glabellar midlength; median node on occipital ring; broadly expanded fixigena behind palpebral lobe; fine granular ornamentation on anterior third of glabella only. Pygidia with four axial ring segments; poorly developed, thin, linear transverse nodes on anterior two axial rings, four pleural furrows; shallow border furrow; marginal spines directed posteriorly to slightly convex inward; fine granular ornamentation on border and spines only. |