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Trimerocephalus tardispinosus
Taxonomy
Trimerocephalus tardispinosus was named by Feist and Becker (1997). Its type specimen is GSWA- F49811, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bed 17. Sprite Ridge, near Bob's Bore in Virgin Hills, which is in a Famennian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Virgin Hills Formation of Australia.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1997 | Trimerocephalus tardispinosus Feist and Becker pp. 236 - 238 figs. P1. 1, fig. 9; P1.2. figs. 1-7 |
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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.
†Trimerocephalus tardispinosus Feist and Becker 1997
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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R. Feist and T. Becker 1997 | A species of Trimerocephalus with long genal spines persisting into the holaspid stage; facial suture running on to anterior cheek; pygidium with depressed, stout axis; anterior pleural bands much larger than posterior. |