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Tesselacauda depressa
Taxonomy
Tesselacauda depressa was named by Ross (1951) [Paratypes: YPM 18276-7, 18279-82]. Its type specimen is YPM 18278, a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 5, Hillyard's Canyon, Zone "E", which is in a Stairsian shallow subtidal limestone in the Garden City Formation of Idaho. It is the type species of Tesselacauda.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1951 | Tesselacauda depressa Ross p. 130 figs. Pl. 31, fig. 28 |
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†Tesselacauda depressa Ross 1951
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available