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Parametopaster altus
Taxonomy
Metopaster altus was named by Schulz and Weitschat (1975). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institute, University of Hamburg, holotype SGPIH 17.
It was recombined as Parametopaster altus by Breton (1992).
It was recombined as Parametopaster altus by Breton (1992).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1975 | Metopaster altus Schulz and Weitschat pp. 268-269 figs. pl. 27, fig. 1-3 |
1987 | Metopaster altus Gale p. 21 |
1992 | Parametopaster altus Breton p. 186 |
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†Parametopaster altus Schulz and Weitschat 1975
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Diagnosis
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M. G. Schulz and W. Weitschat 1975 | 8 superomarginals in each side; median superomarginals short and high, abactinal part regularly swollen. Ultimate superomarginals rounded-triangular, in contact with four inferomarginals. Outer face of marginals with raised central field; the outer part with small hexagonal spine pits, the central with large rounded spine pits. |
Measurements
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Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum | |||||
References: Aberhan 1992, Blake 1990, Aberhan et al. 2004 |
Collections
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