ClassificationKingdom: MicrosyntheraPhylum: Plasticae Class: Occlupania Order: Toxodenta Family: Genus: Palpatophora Species: glyphodorsalis |
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Distinguishing Characteristics:Dentitial Processes: two inwardly curved processes on sides of oral groove. External Processes: four palps on lateral sides. Size: slightly thicker plastic. Colors: white. Markings: extensively marked, often with large dashes on one side. Other: slightly larger oral groove than P. utiliformis |
Host Organisms: unknown.
all specimens found on ground.
Life and Habits: P. glyphodorsalis is a rare and controversial
variant of P. utiliformis, as much debate rages on if P. glyphodorsalis
is truly a separate species or not. If you think this is tedious and silly,
you should see the poison pen treatises about extinct homalozoans.
The largely inconclusive debates of occlupanid speciation are nothing next
to these bitter paleontological entrenchments.
Specimens: 5.