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Profallotaspis
Taxonomy
Profallotaspis was named by Repina (1965) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Atda-u]. It is not extant. Its type is Profallotaspis jakutensis.
It was assigned to Fallotaspidinae by Palmer and Repina (1993); to Olenellida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Fallotaspididae by Whittington et al. (1997) and Bushuev et al. (2014).
It was assigned to Fallotaspidinae by Palmer and Repina (1993); to Olenellida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Fallotaspididae by Whittington et al. (1997) and Bushuev et al. (2014).
Species
P. jakutensis (type species), P. tyusserica
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1965 | Profallotaspis Repina |
1993 | Profallotaspis Palmer and Repina p. 28 fig. 7.3 |
1997 | Profallotaspis Whittington et al. p. 419 |
2002 | Profallotaspis Sepkoski |
2014 | Profallotaspis Bushuev et al. p. 352 |
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G. †Profallotaspis Repina 1965
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†Profallotaspis jakutensis Repina 1965
†Profallotaspis tyusserica Bushuev et al. 2014
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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A. R. Palmer and L. N. Repina 1993 | Fallotaspidinae with posterior margin of cephalon straight or slightly backswept. Ocular lobe directed only slightly posterolaterally at junction with L4. Glabella tapered forward, but area opposite L3 and L4 merging laterally with ocular lobes. Interocular area wider than extraocular area opposite midlength of ocular lobe. Posterior tips of ocular lobes opposite Ll . Cephalic bor- der concave in sagittal profile. Lateral and posterior border furrows not connected across base of genal spine. External surface coarsely pitted, grading to reticulate. |