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Remopleurides ligulus

Artiopoda - 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.

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
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou 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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