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Metopaster schulzi
Taxonomy
Metopaster schulzi was named by Breton (1992). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Holotype MHNH 8394.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1992 | Metopaster schulzi Breton pp. 145-152 figs. fig. 61-63, pl. 11 |
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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.
†Metopaster schulzi Breton 1992
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| G. Breton 1992 | Half-arc with one intermediate superomarginal, one enlarged ultimate superomarginal, one intermediate inferomarginal, one enlarged ultimate inferomarginal and one or two small apical inferomarginals. Marginal plates low. Enlarged ultimate superomarginal with a crest or short conical bulges. Enlarged ultimate superomarginal plates of neighboring arc in contact for more than half their length. Enlarged distal inferomarginal plates triangular, low with rounded slightly domed external face. Intermediate superomarginal plates with lateral plates, which converge abradially, frequently with an abactinal bulge. Ornament of relatively large size granule-pits on the entire central area. Depressed margin relatively large. |
Measurements
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| References: Aberhan 1992, Blake 1990, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Coniacian to the top of the Early/Lower Santonian or 89.30000 to 83.50000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Coniacian - Early/Lower Santonian | France | Metopaster schulzi (59659) |