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Metopaster praetumidus
Taxonomy
Metopaster praetumidus was named by Schulz and Weitschat (1975). It is not extant. Its type specimen is University of Hamburg, Holotype SGPIH 1761.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1975 | Metopaster praetumidus Schulz and Weitschat pp. 257-258 figs. pl. 24, fig. 2-3 |
| 1985 | Metopaster praetumidus Breton p. 430 |
| 1997 | Metopaster praetumidus Frerichs pp. 120-121 figs. fig. 1-6 |
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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 praetumidus Schulz and Weitschat 1975
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| M. G. Schulz and W. Weitschat 1975 | Body pentagonal, each side with 8 superomarginals. Enlarged superomarginal plates triangular, in contact with 4 inferomarginals. Superomarginals slightly lower than those of Metopaster tumidus, but with a well-developed bulge on the abactinal side. |