''Muellerilepis'' is an extinct genus of conodonts.
The name is a tribute to German paleontologist
Klaus J. Müller
Klaus Jürgen Müller (born 6 February 1923 in Berlin, died 12 March 2010 in Bonn) was a German paleontologist.
In 1956, he described the Devonian conodont genus '' Palmatolepis''.
In 1959, he described the Cambrian conodont genera '' Furnishina' ...
(1923-2010). It is a replacement generic name for ''
Muellerina'' Bardashev et Bardasheva, 2012. which is preoccupied.
[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, ]
''Muellerina idrisovi'' is from the Middle Devonian (
Givetian) of Tajikistan.
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Conodont genera
Devonian conodonts
Middle Devonian animals
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