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Telopeltis
Taxonomy
Telopeltis was named by McNamara and Feist (2006).
It was assigned to Scutelluinae by McNamara and Feist (2006).
It was assigned to Scutelluinae by McNamara and Feist (2006).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2006 | Telopeltis McNamara and Feist pp. 984 - 985 |
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G. †Telopeltis McNamara and Feist 2006
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†Telopeltis woodwardi McNamara and Feist 2006
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| K. J. McNamara and R. Feist 2006 | Small scutelluine in which anterior margin of frontal lobe in contact with convex anterior border; glabellar fur- rows, especially S2 and S3, isolated from each other and very weakly developed; occipital ring very long, two-fifths glabellar length, with short occipital spine in small holaspids; eye lobe small to very small; no genal spine. Pygidium extremely vaulted, height up to 60% of length; bell-shaped in posterior view; short, up to 1.4–1.9 times wider than long; axis prominent, with small anterolateral lobes, inconspicuous medial lobe; well-incised, broad axial furrow; fulcrum approximately midway between axial furrow and lateral margin; median rib not divided, broad adaxi- ally; interrib furrows narrow and deep; smooth, flat border well developed with entire margin, making angular junction with very convex pleural field. |
Measurements
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Frasnian or 375.20000 to 372.15000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Frasnian | Australia (Western Australia) | T. microphthalmus (223168) T. woodwardi (216427 223137 223204) |