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C.G.Miller, T. Marss, H. Blom. New anaspid material from Britain <strong>and</strong> Estonia<br />

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Diagnosis. Scales with a compact microstructure <strong>and</strong> well developed ro<strong>un</strong>ded to sub<br />

ro<strong>un</strong>ded tubercles joined by ridges parallel or sub-parallel to scale long axis; narrow to<br />

absent overlapped area.<br />

Trimpleylepis j<strong>un</strong>cta gen. et sp. nov.<br />

Fig. 1; Figs 2A, C<br />

Etymology. J<strong>un</strong>cta in Latin meaning connected or joined, because sculptural tubercles<br />

are connected to each other by well developed ridges.<br />

Holotype. Figs 1A-C; scale NHM P 65593 from uppermost Prídolí, Upper Silurian,<br />

Man Brook, near Trimpley, Shropshire, U.K.<br />

Material. About 200 broken scales <strong>and</strong> platelets from Man Brook.<br />

Diagnosis. Scales with very narrow, smooth, anterior overlapped area which widens<br />

towards articulation processes; scales <strong>and</strong> (?)platelets with two to four rows of tubercles<br />

<strong>un</strong>ited with lower but well developed ridges. Vascular canals absent.<br />

Description. Black scales (Figs 1A-P, W) of variable width (600-1200 µm) with<br />

fragments of ends of scales (Fig. 1O) <strong>and</strong> middle parts preserved (Figs 1A, D, L).<br />

Anterior overlapped area of scales smooth <strong>and</strong> very narrow (generally

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