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Scutellum protrusifrons
Discussion
e.p. 1927 Scutellum costatum PUSCH - MAILLIEUX, p. 79 [only Boussu-en-Fagne, carrire du cimetire]. 2007 Scutellum sp. H - Basse et al., p. 312, figs 1-3.
Taxonomy
Scutellum protrusifrons was named by Van Viersen and Prescher (2011). Its type specimen is IRSNB al2796, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Boussu-en-Fagne cemetery quarry, which is in a Frasnian coastal shale in the Grands Breux Formation of Belgium.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2011 | Scutellum protrusifrons Van Viersen and Prescher pp. 56 - 59 fig. 2 |
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†Scutellum protrusifrons Van Viersen and Prescher 2011
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| A. P. Van Viersen and H. Prescher 2011 | A species of Scutellum with a combination of the following features: anterior border of cranidium protruding slightly (in smaller specimens) to distinctly (in large specimens) from cephalic outline along with anterior margin of glabella. Frontal glabellar lobe laterally expanded; having indistinct, rounded anterolateral corners. S3 weakly impressed, especially abaxially. Small eyes. Abaxial half of lateral portion of pygidium distinctly protrudes laterally from parabolic outline of axis. Of all ribs, pair adjacent to median rib has narrowest proximal half. Interpleural furrows widening quickly between anterior pleural ribs but widening from nearby margin of elevated central area of pygidium between remaining ribs. |