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Tesselacauda
Taxonomy
Tesselacauda was named by Ross (1951) [Sepkoski's age data: O Trem-l Sepkoski's reference number: 795]. Its type is Tesselacauda depressa.
It was assigned to Pliomeridae by Jell and Adrain (2002); to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pilekiinae by Perez-Peris et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Pliomeridae by Jell and Adrain (2002); to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pilekiinae by Perez-Peris et al. (2021).
Species
T. depressa (type species)
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1951 | Tesselacauda Ross p. 129 |
2002 | Tesselacauda Jell and Adrain p. 452 |
2002 | Tesselacauda Sepkoski |
2021 | Tesselacauda Perez-Peris et al. p. 859 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available