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Taxonomy
Ranunculoproetus pharangus was named by Ivanova and Owens (2008). Its type specimen is MGCU 1023/7, a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Wolayella pharanga by Owens et al. (2010).
It was recombined as Wolayella pharanga by Owens et al. (2010).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2008 | Ranunculoproetus pharangus Ivanova and Owens p. 243 figs. pl. 101 f. 11-13 (non f. 10) |
| 2010 | Wolayella pharanga Owens et al. pp. 229 - 230 figs. 13A-K |
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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.
†Wolayella pharanga Ivanova and Owens 2008
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| R. M. Owens et al. 2010 | Glabella in front of occipital ring as wide as long, a little longer (sag.) than preglabellar area; anterior border furrow deep, border upturned; palpebral lobes very narrow (tr.). Pygidium with adjacent anterior and posterior pleural bands fused and subdued adaxially; anterior bands represented abaxially by narrow, upstanding ridges, extending close to margin; posterolateral margin narrow, slightly upturned. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, o = order, c = class | |||||
| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Fortey and Owens 1999 | |||||