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Pleurorhynchus longipennis
Taxonomy
Pleurorhynchus longipennis was named by Brown (1843). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dovedale, which is in a Chadian basinal (carbonate) lime mudstone in the Milldale Limestone Formation of the United Kingdom.
It was recombined as Conocardium longipennis by Rogalla and Amler (2006) and Wagner (2023).
It was recombined as Conocardium longipennis by Rogalla and Amler (2006) and Wagner (2023).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1843 | Pleurorhynchus longipennis Brown p. 202 figs. pl. 82 f. 10 |
| 2006 | Conocardium longipennis Rogalla and Amler p. 41 |
| 2023 | Conocardium longipennis Wagner p. S3070 |
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†Pleurorhynchus longipennis Brown 1843
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| T. Brown 1843 | Transversely and much elongated; hinge-line nearly straight; body deltoidal, with fine radiating striae, crossed by some irregular thin lines of growth; centre of the valves rising into a prominent keel-shaped projection, which emanates from the beaks, on which portion the striae are double, and much closer than towards the sides; rings consisting of greatly lengthened, smooth, wing-shaped processes, that on the anterior side shortest, and acutely pointed; the other, broader throughout, and a little obtuse at its termination. and with a few nearly ohsolete transverse ribs at its point; length not quite three-eighths; breadth upwards of an inch. |