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Palaeophillipsia osmolskae
Taxonomy
Weberiphillipsia osmolskae was named by Engel and Morris (1983). Its type specimen is AMF 80293, a pygidium (external mould of pygidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Palaeophillipsia osmolskae by Vanderlaan and Ebach (2015).
It was recombined as Palaeophillipsia osmolskae by Vanderlaan and Ebach (2015).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1983 | Weberiphillipsia osmolskae Engel and Morris pp. 232 - 235 figs. 1B, 6, 7A–G |
2015 | Palaeophillipsia osmolskae Vanderlaan and Ebach p. 39 |
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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 osmolskae Engel and Morris 1983
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Diagnosis
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T. A. Vanderlaan and M. C. Ebach 2015 | Cephalon semicircular; glabella nodose, weakly constricted medially, greatest height and width to the posterior; wide palpebral lobes elevated laterally; genal spines medium length. Pygidium with 14–15 axial rings, 11–12 pleural ribs; border wide, convex to flat with weakly impressed border furrow; ribs intersect border as elongate spinose ridges, extend to outer margin; axial rings nodose. |
Measurements
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Source: f = family, o = order, c = class | |||||
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997 |