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Tomiopsis dissimilis
Taxonomy
Ingelarella dissimilis was named by Waterhouse (1964). Its type specimen is NZGS BR836 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GS7352, Letham Burn (D44/f9870), which is in a Capitanian marine sandstone in the Mangarewa Formation of New Zealand.
It was recombined as Ambikella dissimilis by Waterhouse (1968); it was recombined as Tomiopsis dissimilis by Waterhouse (1987).
It was recombined as Ambikella dissimilis by Waterhouse (1968); it was recombined as Tomiopsis dissimilis by Waterhouse (1987).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1964 | Ingelarella dissimilis Waterhouse p. 162 figs. Pl 32, figs 4-8,10,11; pl 35, fig 6 |
| 1968 | Ambikella dissimilis Waterhouse |
| 1987 | Tomiopsis dissimilis Waterhouse p. 36 figs. Pl 10, figs 5-9,11-13; pl 11, fig 1 |
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†Tomiopsis dissimilis Waterhouse 1964
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| J. B. Waterhouse 1987 | Medium-sized transverse to elongate shells with moderately well formed sulcus, groove-like posteriorly, bearing 2 low subplicae; dorsal fold distinct with well formed median groove; ventral plicae faint or sometimes not developed; 4 pairs of low dorsal plicae. Micro-ornament of fine close-set grooves. Dental plates high; adminicula only slightly longer, ventral muscle field short and wide. Tabellae fairly short, medium septum low, of variable length. |