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Metopaster trichilae trichilae
Taxonomy
Metopaster trichilae trichilae was named by Breton (1992). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Holotype MHNH 8415, paratypes MHNH 8416-8420. It is the type subspecies of Metopaster trichilae.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1992 | Metopaster trichilae trichilae Breton pp. 161-169 figs. pl. 14-15 |
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†Metopaster trichilae trichilae Breton 1992
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| G. Breton 1992 | Enlarged ultimate superomarginal plates large, tall, elongated and relatively narrow, typically in contact with five inferomarginals. Abactinal bulge highly developed. Superomarginals tumid and inferomarginals high. Central area with a well-defined narrow depressed margin. Plates of large size, smoothed or rarely with few granule-pits in abradial side. Enlarged ultimate superomarginal plates of with indentation in abactino-distal position, which can modify outline of the adradial surface of articulation with the neighboring plate. |