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Taxonomy
Gerastos kippingi was named by Van Viersen and Prescher (2010) [Paratypes
Two cephala (IRSNB a12736, a12737), one cranidium (IRSNB a12741), two librigenae (IRSNB a12739, a12743), three pygidia (IRSNB a12735, a12738, a12740)]. Its type specimen is IRSNB a12742, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kirberg Hill, which is in an Eifelian marine marl in the Nohn Formation of Germany.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2010 | Gerastos kippingi Van Viersen and Prescher pp. 12-16 figs. Fig. 4; Pl. 1, Figs 1-20 |
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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.
†Gerastos kippingi Van Viersen and Prescher 2010
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999 | |||||