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Sentosia praecedens
Taxonomy
Pustula praecedens was named by Stainbrook (1947) [= Productella spinigera (part) Kindle. 1909, pi. 5. figs. 2, 2a, b.]. Its type specimen is USNM 135242, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Percha Creek, 3 miles southeast of Hillsboro, which is in a Famennian marine shale/limestone in the Percha Shale Formation of New Mexico.
It was recombined as Sentosia praecedens by Muir-Wood and Cooper (1960) and Cooper and Dutro (1982).
It was recombined as Sentosia praecedens by Muir-Wood and Cooper (1960) and Cooper and Dutro (1982).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1947 | Pustula praecedens Stainbrook p. 311 |
| 1960 | Sentosia praecedens Muir-Wood and Cooper p. 196 |
| 1982 | Sentosia praecedens Cooper and Dutro p. 66 |
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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.
†Sentosia praecedens Stainbrook 1947
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| G. A. Cooper and J. T. Dutro 1982 | This species is distinguished from S. praecursor (Stainbrook, 1947) by its greater convexity, fewer spines, and obscure concentric bands. |