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Waukeshaaspis eatonae
Taxonomy
Waukeshaaspis eatonae was named by Randolfe and Gass (2024). Its type specimen is UWGM 7447, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Waukesha Lime and Stone Company quarry, which is in a Telychian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal mudstone/dolomite in the Brandon Bridge Formation of Wisconsin. It is the type species of Waukeshaaspis.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2024 | Waukeshaaspis eatonae Randolfe and Gass p. 823 |
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†Waukeshaaspis eatonae Randolfe and Gass 2024
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| E. A. Randolfe and K. C. Gass 2024 | Dalmanitid with facial suture running anteriorly to, but not crossing, the preglabellar furrow. Cephalic border furrows not connecting in the genal area or extending into the genal spine more than the base. Short (sag.) anterior cephalic border. Lower visual surface, with no more than eight lenses per dorsoventral le. Long genal spines reaching the pygidial anterior margin. Pygidial pleural bands and furrows with maximum anterior convexity at the midline. Pygidium heart- shaped, with short (sag.) posterior embayment located at its midline, with 10 axial rings plus a terminal piece and 10 pleurae. |
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| References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009 | |||||