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Prosopiscidae

Trilobita - Phacopida - Prosopiscidae

Taxonomy
Prosopiscidae was named by Fortey and Shergold (1984). It is not extant. Its type is Prosopiscus.

It was assigned to Phacopida by Whittington et al. (1997); and to Phacopina by Adrain (2011).

Subtaxa
Prosopiscus (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Prosopiscidae Fortey and Shergold p. 356
1997Prosopiscidae Whittington et al. p. 300
2011Prosopiscidae Adrain p. 106

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
familyProsopiscidae
familyProsopiscidae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Prosopiscidae Fortey and Shergold 1984
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G. †Prosopiscus Salter 1865
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Prosopiscus praecox Fortey and Shergold 1984
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available