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 preoccupied.[2]
Muellerina idrisovi is from the Middle Devonian (Givetian) of Tajikistan.
References
- ^ I. A. Bardashev; N. P. Bardasheva (2012). Platformennye konodonty iz pogranichnykh zhivet-franskikh otlozhenii (srednii-verkhnii devon). Donish. pp. 1–90.
- ^ 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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