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Paleonelsonia schesis

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Taxonomy
Nelsonia schesis was named by Palmer and Gatehouse (1972). Its type specimen is not listed and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Nelsonia, Nelsonia, Paleonelsonia.

It was recombined as Paleonelsonia schesis by Özdikmen (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Nelsonia schesis Palmer and Gatehouse p. 28 figs. Plate 6, Figures 3, 4, 6-14
2008Paleonelsonia schesis Özdikmen p. 319

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyPtychopariidaeMatthew 1887
genusPaleonelsonia
speciesschesis()

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.

†Paleonelsonia schesis Palmer and Gatehouse 1972
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available