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Australokaskia similis
Taxonomy
Australokaskia (Longilobus) similis was named by Engel and Morris (1995). Its type specimen is AMF 90339a/b, a cephalon/head (external/internal moulds of cephalon missing one librigena), and it is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Australokaskia similis by Vanderlaan and Ebach (2015).
It was recombined as Australokaskia similis by Vanderlaan and Ebach (2015).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1995 | Australokaskia (Longilobus) similis Engel and Morris pp. 194 - 196 figs. pl. 1, figs. 1–9 |
| 2015 | Australokaskia similis Vanderlaan and Ebach p. 29 |
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†Australokaskia similis Engel and Morris 1995
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| T. A. Vanderlaan and M. C. Ebach 2015 | Moderately convex, glabella slightly narrows anteriorly, extends to anterior margin; L1 long, triangular; eyes long; lateral border steeply inclined; genal angles rounded or with very short genal spines. Pygidium with 11 axial rings, 7 pleural ribs; ribs equal width; single row of nodes along rings. |
Measurements
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999 | |||||