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Remopleurides ligulus

Trilobita - Asaphida - Remopleurididae

Taxonomy
Remopleurides ligulus was named by Whittington (1963). Its type specimen is GSC 16145, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Alpha Boulder, Table Head, which is in a Whiterockian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Remopleurides ligulus Whittington p. 36 figs. Pl. 4, figs 2, 3, 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyRemopleurididaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyRemopleuridinaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusRemopleuridesPortlock 1843
speciesligulus

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.

Remopleurides ligulus Whittington 1963
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Diagnosis
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