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Taxonomy
Peltura punctata was named by Crosfield and Skeat (1896). Its type specimen is SMA 3099 (lectotype), an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Triarthrus punctatus by Raw (1908), Henningsmoen (1957); it was recombined as Porterfieldia punctata by Fortey and Owens (1978).
It was recombined as Triarthrus punctatus by Raw (1908), Henningsmoen (1957); it was recombined as Porterfieldia punctata by Fortey and Owens (1978).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1896 | Peltura punctata Crosfield and Skeat p. 535 figs. Pl. 26, figs. 1-10 |
| 1908 | Triarthrus punctatus Raw p. 512 |
| 1919 | Peltura punctata Lake |
| 1957 | Triarthrus punctatus Henningsmoen p. 148 |
| 1978 | Porterfieldia punctata Fortey and Owens p. 243 |
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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.
†Porterfieldia punctata Crosfield and Skeat 1896
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| R. A. Fortey and R. M. Owens 1978 | Porterfieldia species with narrow (sag., exsag.) preglabellar field and pitted anterior border furrow. Glabellar and axial furrows subdued. Hypostoma as wide as long, with prominent maculae, posterior margin truncate. Pygidium with three axial rings, carrying sculpture of fine terrace lines. |
Measurements
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class | |||||
| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy 2009 | |||||