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Perrector

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Despujolsiidae

Taxonomy
Perrector was named by Richter (1940) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm l]. It is not extant. Its type is Perrector perrectus.

It was assigned to Saukiandidae by Whittington et al. (1997); to Redlichiida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Despujolsiidae by Geyer (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Perrector Richter
1997Perrector Whittington et al. p. 456
2002Perrector Sepkoski
2020Perrector Geyer pp. 41 - 42

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderRedlichiinaRichter 1932
superfamilyRedlichioideaPoulsen 1927
familyDespujolsiidaeHarrington 1959
genusPerrectorRichter 1940

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.

G. †Perrector Richter 1940
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Perrector falloti Hupe 1953
Perrector perrectus Richter and Richter 1940
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Invalid names: Resserops resserianus Richter and Richter 1940 [synonym]
Perrector pocteyi Hupé 1953
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. Geyer 2020Lateral glabellar furrows slightly obliquely backward directed from axial furrow; posterior tips of palpebral lobes reaching to level of midlength of occipital ring; preglabellar field (sag. and exsag.) very short or absent; anterior border narrow to moderately wide; anterior branches of facial suture in a comparatively adaxial position. Thorax with 12–14 segments, with segments 9, 10 or 11 being macrospinose; tr. length of normalsized pleurae smaller than width axis in the anterior and middle part of the thorax, slightly growing in length. Pygidium subparabolic in outline; axis with up to 12 axial rings and with moderately large to large terminal axial piece; up to 10 pleural ribs developed; lateral border moderately wide.