SYSTEMATIC AFFINITY OF ACROPORELLA ASSURBANIPAU 



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Fig. 1 Neomeris (Larvaha) assurhanipali Elliott now comb. Oblique section. Lower Cretaceous (Valanginian - Hauterivian). Garagu formation, Erbil 



Liwa, Iran; V.52032, x 34. 

 Fig. 2 Neomeris (Larvaria) assurhanipali Elliott nov .comb. Detail of the left side of Fig. 1 . showing the ampulla set on distal end of a primary lateral. Note 



the secondary lateral set beneath the fertile ampulla. Lower Cretaceous (Valanginian -Hauterivian). Garagu formation. Erbil Liwa, Iran. V.52032, x 54. 

 Fig. 3 Neomeris (Larvaria) assurhanipal Elliott nov. comb. Detail of the lower part of Fig. I , showing the tufts of two phloiophorous laterals making a sort 



of cortex at the periphery. Lower Cretaceous (Valanginian - Hauterivian), Garagu formation, Erbil Liwa, Iran; V.52032, x 48. 



