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Paladin mucronatus

Artiopoda - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Griffithides mucronatus was named by Girty (1910). Its type specimen is USNM, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Paladin mucronatus by Gordon (1969).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Griffithides mucronatus Girty p. 238
1969Paladin mucronatus Gordon pp. 35 – 39 figs. pl. 5 f. 1-23

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
genusPaladin
speciesmucronatus()

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.

Paladin mucronatus Girty 1910
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available