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Taxonomy
Podoliproetus mirdani was named by Johnson and Fortey (2012). Its type specimen is NHM It 28957, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2012 | Podoliproetus mirdani Johnson and Fortey p. 1045 figs. 7.1–7.9, 8.7–8.13 |
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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.
†Podoliproetus mirdani Johnson and Fortey 2012
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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R. G. Johnson and R. A. Fortey 2012 | Glabella overhanging short preglabellar field. Stout conical tubercle on the posterior margin of the occipital ring. Median swelling on the posterior margin of the fourth axial ring becomes more pronounced on subsequent rings and is a short spine on the tenth ring. Pygidium with seven axial rings plus a terminal piece; small conical spine on the first ring and second ring is inflated on the posterior margin. Lateral and posterior borders of pygidium broad. |
Measurements
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Source: f = family, o = order, c = class | |||||
References: Hendy 2009, Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004 |