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Ganovexopyge
Taxonomy
Ganovexopyge was named by Wolfart (1997). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Alokistocaridae by Jell and Adrain (2002).
It was assigned to Alokistocaridae by Jell and Adrain (2002).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1994 | Scottia Wolfart p. 33 |
| 1997 | Ganovexopyge Wolfart |
| 2002 | Ganovexopyge Jell and Adrain p. 377 |
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| R. Wolfart 1994 (Scottia) | Cranidium trapezoidal (sometimes subtriangular) in outline, lenght (sag.) 2/3 of basal width; glabella long (without occipital ring), not quite twice as long as basal glabellar width and narrow lateral glabellar furrows obscured or faintly developed, preglabellar field short, slightly convex, frontal border furrow and border distinct, slightly arched (transv.)
Posterior facial suture diverges rapidly behind palpebral lobes, forming very wide postero-latral limbs of fixigenae; anterior part of facial suture subparallel to convergent, short. Position of palpebral lobes in anterior half of cranidium, unusally far from glabellar midlenght. Eye-ridges obscure to faintly developed. Lenght of palpebral lobes up to 1/20 cephalic lenght. Librigenae with short, stout genal spine. General curvate moderate( to rather strong). Test finely granulose. |