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Westonaspis

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Phylacteridae

Taxonomy
Westonaspis was named by Rasetti (1945) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Trep]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Phylacteridae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Trilobita by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1945Westonaspis Rasetti
2002Westonaspis Jell and Adrain p. 459
2002Westonaspis 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
familyPhylacteridaeLudvigsen and Westrop 1989
genusWestonaspisRasetti 1945

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. †Westonaspis Rasetti 1945
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available