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Kochiella augusta
Taxonomy
Crepicephalus augusta was named by Walcott (1886). Its type specimen is USNM 15430 and is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Kochaspis augusta by Resser (1935), Palmer (1954) and Palmer and Halley (1979); it was recombined as Kochiella augusta by Sundberg and McCollum (2002).
It was recombined as Kochaspis augusta by Resser (1935), Palmer (1954) and Palmer and Halley (1979); it was recombined as Kochiella augusta by Sundberg and McCollum (2002).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1886 | Crepicephalus augusta Walcott p. 208 figs. pi. 28, fig. 2a |
| 1891 | Crepicephalus augusta Walcott p. 653 figs. pi. 96, fig. 9a |
| 1916 | Crepicephalus augusta Walcott p. 204 figs. pi. 29, fig. 6b |
| 1935 | Kochaspis augusta Resser p. 37 |
| 1954 | Kochaspis augusta Palmer p. 80 figs. pi. 17, fig. 6 |
| 1979 | Kochaspis augusta Palmer and Halley p. 105 figs. Plate 8, figures 15, 16 |
| 2002 | Kochiella augusta Sundberg and McCollum pp. 81 - 83 figs. Figure 7.1-7.9 |
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†Kochiella augusta Walcott 1886
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| F. A. Sundberg and L. B. McCollum 2002 | Cranidia with moderately short glabella (66 ± 2 percent cranidial length), moderately deep lateral gla bellar furrows, moderately posteriorly directed ocular ridges, an terior border furrow evenly curved, concave to flat anterior bor der, frontal area long (34 ± 2 percent cranidial length) and mod erately wide (approximately 60 percent cranidial width), and mod erate size granules. Pygidium subrectangular; relatively wide; nearly straight sides; nearly level pleural field; scattered granules; sharp, moderately long lobes (147 ± 19 percent axial length); and 2 to 3 axial rings. |
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009 | |||||
Collections (17 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Delamaran | USA (Nevada) | Kochaspis augusta (149563 205006) | |
| St Davids | USA (Nevada) | Kochiella augusta (50098 50099 50100 50102 50106 50110 50111 50112 50115 50297 50299 50325 50326 50333 50334) |