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Taxonomy
Gerastos rommersheimensis was named by Van Viersen and Prescher (2010) [Paratypes
One disarticulated specimen (IRSNB a12753), two cephala (IRSNB a12754, a12755), two pygidia (IRSNB a12751, a12756)]. Its type specimen is IRSNB a12752, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rommersheimer Trasse, which is in an Eifelian marine shale in the Freilingen Formation of Germany.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2010 | Gerastos rommersheimensis Van Viersen and Prescher pp. 17-18 |
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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 rommersheimensis Van Viersen and Prescher 2010
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||