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Bathyurus (Raymondites) missouriensis
Taxonomy
Bathyurus (Raymondites) missouriensis was named by Swisher et al. (2015). Its type specimen is OU 12656, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is road cut on Missouri State Highway MM, 2.7 km southeast of House Springs, which is in a Trentonian carbonate limestone in the Kimmswick Formation of Missouri.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2015 | Bathyurus (Raymondites) missouriensis Swisher et al. pp. 131 - 132 figs. 15.1–15.12, 16.1–16.13 |
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†Bathyurus (Raymondites) missouriensis Swisher et al. 2015
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| R. E. Swisher et al. 2015 | Occipital and axial pygidial spine present. Long frontal area, length equal to 28% (22%–32%; lower values in largest specimens) of preoccipital glabellar length; anterior border furrow obsolete. Glabella well rounded anteriorly and with conspicuous taper in front of S2. Palpebral area of fixigena smooth. Anterior branches of facial suture nearly straight, slightly divergent. |