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Metaloriculina stramentoides
Description Metaloriculina stramentoides gen. et sp. nov., Lower Coniacian, Yellow Limestone Member, Carranza, northern Coahuila, Mexico; attached to ammonite Peroniceras; CPC-159 (see Ifrim et al. 2011, fig. 4). A, B, D, paratypes; C, holotype (original of Ifrim et al. 2011, fig. 5/4, as Stramentum pulchellum). Note the rhombic scutum, with a central to slightly subcentral umbo, and the transversely arranged tergum and carinolatus, as in Loriculina (see also Fig. 9A, E). Scale bars D 2 mm.
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added on 2020-02-26546 viewsWoRMS taxa Metaloriculina stramentoides Gale, 2015 †checked Crandall, Keith A. 2020-02-26
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