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Platillaenus erastusi

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Illaenidae

Taxonomy
Illaenus erastusi was named by Raymond (1905) [Lectotype designated by Shaw (1968). Paratype: YPM 7410B.]. Its type specimen is YPM 7410A (lectotype), a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Bumastus erastusi by Raymond (1910), Raymond (1925); it was recombined as Platillaenus erastusi by Shaw (1968).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Illaenus erastusi Raymond p. 351 figs. Pl. 13, fig. 8
1910Bumastus erastusi Raymond p. 71
1925Bumastus erastusi Raymond p. 114
1968Platillaenus erastusi Shaw p. 48

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyIllaenidaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusPlatillaenusJaanusson 1954
specieserastusi(Raymond 1905)

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.

†Platillaenus erastusi Raymond 1905
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Diagnosis
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