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Taxonomy
Paradechenella lunata was named by Zhou et al. (2000). Its type specimen is XIG TR569, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is B013A. Zhusilenghaierhan area, which is in an Emsian marine sandstone in the Zhusileng Formation of China.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2000 | Paradechenella lunata Zhou et al. p. 472 figs. PI. 9 figs 3-14 |
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†Paradechenella lunata Zhou et al. 2000
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| Z. Zhou et al. 2000 | Paradechenella with broad, subquadrate glabella, 0.8 times as long as wide, tapering weakly forwards; lateral occipital lobes abaxially confluent with preoccipital glabella; preglabellar field extremely short (sag.), less than 0.1 times glabellar length; anterior border very long (sag.), up to 0.33 times glabellar length; hypostoma broad (tr.), with width across lateral shoulders 0.8 times its sagittal length; pygidium with short mucro, 15 axial rings and 12-13 pleural ribs. |
Measurements
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| References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009 | |||||