Praesaturnalis Li, 1994

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Praesaturnalis Li, 1994

Praesaturnalis Li, 1994: 269 .

Palaeoumbraculum Amon, Braun & Ivanov, 1995: 8 .

TYPE SPECIES. — Praesaturnalis septemistellatus Li, 1994 ( Li 1994: 269, pl. I, fig. 15, pl. II, fig. 11).

AGE AND LOCATION OF TYPE MATERIAL. — Middle Silurian, Keerhada, Xinjiang western China.

TAXON CODE. — 156.

STATUS. — Valid.

REMARKS

Dumitrica et al. (2000) considered Li’s Praesaturnalis to be a fragment of a Secuicollacta, However Tetard et al. (2015) , examining well preserved examples from the Silurian Arctic argue that Palaeoumbraculum is not a fragment, and by extension Praesaturnalis is unlikely a to be a fragment and should be considered valid.