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Fallotaspidoidea

Trilobita - Redlichiida

Taxonomy

Fallotaspidoidea was named by Hupe (1953). It was considered paraphyletic by Lieberman (2002).

It was assigned to Redlichiida by McMenamin (2001); to Redlichiina by Geyer (1996) and Lieberman (2002); and to Olenellina by Palmer and Repina (1993), Adrain (2011) and Bushuev et al. (2014).

Subtaxa

Archaeaspididae, Fallotaspididae, Judomiidae, Neltneriidae, Nevadiidae

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1953	Fallotaspidoidea Hupe
1993	Fallotaspidoidea Palmer and Repina p. 27
1996	Fallotaspidoidea Geyer p. 161
2001	Fallotaspidoidea McMenamin p. 114
2002	Fallotaspidoidea Lieberman p. 701
2011	Fallotaspidoidea Adrain p. 104
2014	Fallotaspidoidea Bushuev et al. p. 352

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829

Rank	Name	Author
subphylum	Artiopoda	(Hou and Bergstrom)
class	Trilobita	Walch 1771
order	Redlichiida	Richter 1932
suborder	Olenellina
superfamily	Fallotaspidoidea	Hupe 1953
superfamily	Fallotaspidoidea	Hupe 1953

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.

Superfm. †Fallotaspidoidea Hupe 1953

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Fm. †Archaeaspididae Repina 1979

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G. †Archaeaspis Repina 1965

†Archaeaspis hupei Repina 1965

†Archaeaspis macropleuron Lieberman 2002

†Archaeaspis nelsoni Lieberman 2002

G. †Fallotaspidella Repina 1964

†Fallotaspidella musatovi Palmer and Repina 1993

G. †Fritzaspis Hollingsworth 2007

†Fritzaspis generalis Hollingsworth 2007

†Fritzaspis ovalis Hollingsworth 2007

G. †Geraldinella

G. †Selindella Repina 1979

†Selindella gigantea Repina 1979

Fm. †Fallotaspididae Hupe 1953

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G. †Amplifallotaspis Hollingsworth 2007

†Amplifallotaspis keni Hollingsworth 2007

G. †Avefallotaspis McMenamin 2001

†Avefallotaspis maria McMenamin 2001

G. †Choubertella Hupé 1953

†Choubertella crassioculata Hupé 1953

†Choubertella spinosa Hupé 1953

Invalid names: Choubertella lata Hupé 1953 [synonym]

Subfm. †Daguinaspidinae Hupé 1953

G. †Wolynaspis Chernysheva 1967

†Wolynaspis unica Chernysheva 1967

G. †Daguinaspis Hupe and Abadie 1950

†Daguinaspis abadiei Hupé 1953

†Daguinaspis ambroggii Hupé and Abadie 1950

†Daguinaspis angusta Hupé 1953

G. †Eofallotaspis Sdzuy 1978

†Eofallotaspis prima Sdzuy 1978

†Eofallotaspis tioutensis Sdzuy 1978

Subfm. †Fallotaspidinae Hupé 1953

G. †Lenallina Repina 1990

†Lenallina lata Repina 1990

G. †Pelmanaspis Repina 1990

†Pelmanaspis jurii Repina 1990

G. †Fallotaspis Hupé 1953

†Fallotaspis antecedens Geyer 2019

†Fallotaspis bondoni Neltner and Poctey 1950

†Fallotaspis inexspectatus Geyer 1996

†Fallotaspis plana Hupé 1953

†Fallotaspis planospinosa Hupé 1953

†Fallotaspis tazemmourtensis Hupé 1953

†Fallotaspis typica Hupé 1953

G. †Parafallotaspis Fritz 1972

†Parafallotaspis grata Fritz 1972

G. †Profallotaspis Repina 1965

†Profallotaspis jakutensis Repina 1965

†Profallotaspis tyusserica Bushuev et al. 2014

Fm. †Judomiidae Repina 1979

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G. †Judomiella Lazarenko 1962

†Judomiella heba Lazarenko 1962

G. †Sinskia Suvorova 1960

†Sinskia optabilis Suvorova 1960

Fm. †Nevadiidae Hupé 1953

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G. †Buenellus Blaker 1988

†Buenellus higginsi Blaker 1988

G. †Limniphacos Blaker and Peel 1997

†Limniphacos perspicullum Blaker and Peel 1997

G. †Nevadella Raw 1936

†Nevadella bacculenta Fritz 1972

†Nevadella cartlandi Raw 1909

†Nevadella effusa Repina 1974

†Nevadella eucharis Walcott 1913

†Nevadella faceta Fritz 1972

†Nevadella keelensis Abe et al. 2010

†Nevadella mountjoyi Fritz 1992

†Nevadella perfecta Walcott 1913

G. †Pseudojudomia Egorova 1964

†Pseudojudomia egregia Egorova 1964

G. †Sanctaspis McMenamin 2001

†Sanctaspis avemaria McMenamin 2001

G. †Sdzuyomia Lieberman 2001

†Sdzuyomia lotzei Richter and Richter 1941

Invalid names: Neltneriidae Hupé 1953 [empty]

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
A. R. Palmer and L. N. Repina 1993	Olenellina with glabellar outline typically cylindrical or slightly conical in dorsal view. L3 simple, form similar to L2.