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Decus

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Acrocephalitidae

Taxonomy
Decus was named by Pegel (1981) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm m Sepkoski's reference number: ZR83]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Acrocephalitidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Decus Pegel
2002Decus Jell and Adrain p. 364
2002Decus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyAcrocephalitidaeHupé 1953
genusDecusPegel 1981

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. †Decus Pegel 1981
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available