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Mosherella
Taxonomy
Mosherella is a genus. It is not extant.
It was assigned to Ellisoniidae by Clark et al. (1981); to Conodontophorida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Novispathodinae by Orchard (2005).
It was assigned to Ellisoniidae by Clark et al. (1981); to Conodontophorida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Novispathodinae by Orchard (2005).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1981 | Mosherella Clark et al. p. W153 |
| 2002 | Mosherella Sepkoski |
| 2005 | Mosherella Orchard p. 92 |
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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.
G. †Mosherella
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| M. R. Orchard 2005 | P1 elements are carminale or segminate, the former with a short downturned posterior process; P2 elements are angulate with a strongly reduced posterior process. Bipennate S3-S4 elements are similar but differ in the relative length of, and degree of, downturning and inturning of the anterior process. Both S1 and S2 are digyratc with a long denticulate antero-lateral process with distal denticles forming a high crest; the shorter process of the S2 element is a downward-directed 'anticusp'. The modified alate S0 element has two antero-lateral processes branching from the denticle in front of the cusp. |