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Skuinocyclus
Taxonomy
Skuinocyclus was named by Mychko and Alekseev (2018). Its type is Skuinocyclus juliae.
It was assigned to Hemitrochiscidae by Mychko and Alekseev (2018) and Schweitzer et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Hemitrochiscidae by Mychko and Alekseev (2018) and Schweitzer et al. (2020).
Species
S. juliae (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2018 | Skuinocyclus Mychko and Alekseev pp. 27 - 28 |
| 2020 | Skuinocyclus Schweitzer et al. p. 286 |
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G. †Skuinocyclus Mychko and Alekseev 2018
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†Skuinocyclus juliae Mychko and Alekseev 2018
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| Mychko and Alekseev 2018 | Carapace bilaterally symmetric, hemispherical, cap-like. Marginal carapace corniceis framed by two halfrings of parallel arranged granular ridges. In the posterior part of the carapace there is a median groove, dividing it into two symmetrical halves. Frontal area steep. On the frontal area there are two large flattened and serrated on the edges lobes. A large medial bulge is located closer to the central rhombic bulge between these lobes. On the lateral sides of= the carapace in its anterior half there are two or three rows of large tubercles converging to the central convexities. Number of tubercles in each row is 4 to 5. On the ventral part of the carapace on both sides is a pair of small curved lugs. |
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Reference: Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available