Muellerilepis

Muellerilepis
Temporal range: Givetian
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: †Conodonta
Genus: †Muellerilepis
Bardashev & Bardasheva (2013)
Synonyms
  • †Muellerina Bardashev & Bardasheva (2012) (preoccupied)
    • †Muellerina idrisovi[1]

Muellerilepis is an extinct genus of conodonts.

The name is a tribute to German paleontologist Klaus J. Müller (1923-2010). It is a replacement generic name for Muellerina Bardashev et Bardasheva, 2012. which is preocccupied.[2]

Muellerina idrisovi is from the Middle Devonian (Givetian) of Tajikistan.

References

  1. ↑ I. A. Bardashev; N. P. Bardasheva (2012). Platformennye konodonty iz pogranichnykh zhivet-franskikh otlozhenii (srednii-verkhnii devon). Donish. pp. 1–90.
  2. ↑ Muellerilepis, a new replacement generic name for Muellerina Bardashev et Bardasheva, 2012 (Conodonta). I. A. Bardashev; N. P. Bardasheva, Paleontological Journal, 2013, volume 47, issue 5, pages 554, doi:10.1134/S0031030113050055
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