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Montezumaspis cometes
Taxonomy
Esmeraldina cometes was named by Fritz (1995). Its type specimen is USNM 479804, a cephalon/head, and it is a mold. Its type locality is UNSM "Green" Locality 1f, which is in a Montezuman marine siltstone in the Campito Formation of Nevada.
It was recombined as Palmettaspis cometes by Lieberman (1999); it was recombined as Montezumaspis cometes by Hollingsworth (2006).
It was recombined as Palmettaspis cometes by Lieberman (1999); it was recombined as Montezumaspis cometes by Hollingsworth (2006).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1995 | Esmeraldina cometes Fritz p. 716 figs. figs. 5.3, 9.8, 10.3–10.5 |
1999 | Palmettaspis cometes Lieberman p. 85 |
2006 | Montezumaspis cometes Hollingsworth p. 317 figs. Figures 7.1, 8.1–8.10 |
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†Montezumaspis cometes Fritz 1995
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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W. H. Fritz 1995 | Esmeraldina*? with a relatively narrow, parallel- sided glabella, transverse posterior margin, and long genal spines. | |
J. S. Hollingsworth 2006 | Preglabellar field equal to sagittal length of anterior border on small specimens ranging to virtually absent on large specimens. Glabella slightly narrowed at S2. LA broadly rounded anteriorly and slightly wider (tr.) than L0. Ocular lobes semicircular. Occipital spine arises at posterior margin of L0. Ax- ial rings of thorax have nodes or small spines. Lateral margins of pleural spines outward-directed, about 45 |