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Eokosovopeltis grandicurvatus

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Styginidae

Discussion

1974 Eobronteus sp.; Corbett & Banks, pl. 3, figs. 20, 21.

Taxonomy
Eokosovopeltis grandicurvatus was named by Edgecombe et al. (2007). Its type specimen is UTGD 81124, a cephalon/head (cranidium and associated right librigena), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Adamsfield Track, about 1 km west of bridge over Florentine River, which is in an Eastonian shallow subtidal limestone in the Benjamin Limestone Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Eokosovopeltis grandicurvatus Edgecombe et al. pp. 61 - 66 figs. 3, 4, 5A-F, 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyStyginidaeVogdes 1890
subfamilyScutelluinaeRichter and Richter 1955
genusEokosovopeltisPribyl and Vanek 1972
speciesgrandicurvatus

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.

Eokosovopeltis grandicurvatus Edgecombe et al. 2007
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. D. Edgecombe et al. 2007Eokosovopeltis with axial furrow
relatively strongly divergent anterior to S2.
Glabellar furrows faintly impressed on external and internal surfaces of exoskeleton, none pit-like; S1 and S2 confluent with axial furrow; L2 gently swollen as round lateral lobe. Cranidium wider across β than γ , with relatively broad anterior margin and wide preocular fixigenal field.