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Scutellum decipulum
Taxonomy
Scutellum decipulum was named by Van Viersen and Prescher (2011). Its type specimen is IRSNB a7782A, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Arche, Frasnes-lez-Couvin, which is in a Frasnian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Moulin Lienaux Formation of Belgium.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2011 | Scutellum decipulum Van Viersen and Prescher pp. 59 - 60 fig. 3 |
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†Scutellum decipulum Van Viersen and Prescher 2011
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| A. P. Van Viersen and H. Prescher 2011 | Large Scutellum species with the following combination of features: pygidia easily attaining 30 mm in sagittal length. Cephalon wholly moderately weakly vaultred (tr.) and of widely and smoothly rounded outline. Axial furrows making an angle of 60° from L1. Border in front of glabella. Librigenal field slopes smoothly abaxially. Sharp, posteriorly directed genal angle. Median rib proximally as wide as, and less vaulted (tr.) than, adjacent pleural rib pair. |