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Ophiolepis falsa
Taxonomy
Ophiolepis falsa was named by Jagt (2000). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Holotype NHMM JJ 7551, paratypes NHMM JJ 4989a/b and NHMM MB 761-9a/d.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2000 | Ophiolepis falsa Jagt p. 29 figs. 5; pl. 3, fig. 1Ã , 11; pl. 4, fig. 1-4 |
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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.
†Ophiolepis falsa Jagt 2000
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| J. W. M. Jagt 2000 | Small ophiolepidid with low, flat disc covered with tumid plates in
two circlets, abutting radial shields partially covered by pentagonal and triangular plates, few interradial plates; only two proximalmost dorsal arm plates abut; lateral arm plates weakly constricted to tumid, robust, smooth, with excavated articulation bosses and four diminutive spine tubercles; large tentacle pore indentations over entire arm length; vertebrae of zygospondyline type. |