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Praepleurocystis ranaformis
Taxonomy
Praepleurocystis ranaformis was named by Guensburg (1984). Its type specimen is UI X-5697 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pulaski Loc. Z-652. 15 meters. M. C. West Lime Company Quarry at Turney, which is in a Blackriveran deep subtidal shelf limestone/siltstone in the Lebanon Limestone Formation of Tennessee.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1984 | Praepleurocystis ranaformis Guensburg pp. 60 - 62 figs. Plate 12, figures 15, 18-20, 22-27; Text-figures 13, 14 |
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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.
†Praepleurocystis ranaformis Guensburg 1984
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| T. E. Guensburg 1984 | A species of Praepleurocystis characterized by a strongly-arched dorsal surface; thecal outline rounded subtriangular; large to rarely moderate-sized pectinirhombs; dorsal thecal plates ornamented with prominent, radiating, rounded ridges; B2, B3 typically contacting or nearly contacting L2, L3, respectively; Bl, B4, attaining periproctai margin; LI, L4 contact
along narrow suture. |