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Palaeophillipsia altoculata
Taxonomy
Weberiphillipsia altoculata was named by Engel and Morris (1983). Its type specimen is AMF 80417, a cephalon/head (external mould of cephalon), and it is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Palaeophillipsia altoculata by Vanderlaan and Ebach (2015).
It was recombined as Palaeophillipsia altoculata by Vanderlaan and Ebach (2015).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1983 | Weberiphillipsia altoculata Engel and Morris p. 244–246 figs. 1F, 15, 16A–L. |
2015 | Palaeophillipsia altoculata Vanderlaan and Ebach pp. 37 - 38 |
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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.
†Palaeophillipsia altoculata Engel and Morris 1983
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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T. A. Vanderlaan and M. C. Ebach 2015 | Cephalon parabolic; glabella long, nodose, gently expanded to maximum width posteriorly; greatest height anteriorly; palpebral lobes very large, steep, rising vertically to maximum height of cephalon, adjacent to large crescentic eyes; genal spines small, pointed. Pygidium with 13–14 axial rings, 7–9 pleural ribs; axial rings ornamented with large posteriorly inclined tubercles; ribs with two to four large tubercles; border wide with weak furrow; ribs extend onto border as low ridges, bearing a tubercle; outer border flat and smooth. |
Measurements
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Source: f = family, o = order, c = class | |||||
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999 |