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Lathamoserpens sigel
Taxonomy
Lathamoserpens sigel was named by Waggoner and Hagadorn (2005). Its type specimen is LACMIP 12862 and is a compression fossil. Its type locality is southern Marble Mountains, near Cadiz, which is in a Dyeran marine shale/sandstone in the Latham Formation of California. It is the type species of Lathamoserpens.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2005 | Lathamoserpens sigel Waggoner and Hagadorn p. 3 figs. Figs. 8 – 17 |
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†Lathamoserpens sigel Waggoner and Hagadorn 2005
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| B. Waggoner and J. W. Hagadorn 2005 | Sinuous conical fossils, tubular in cross-section, with two or (rarely) three alternating curves subtending angles of 30–40°. Narrow terminus closed, rounded, nearly globular, curving slightly laterally. Keel runs nearly the full length of the specimen. Broad terminus semicircular; aperture indistinct. |
Measurements
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004 | |||||