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Calyptaulax incepta

Trilobita - Phacopida - Pterygometopidae

Taxonomy
Calyptaulax incepta was named by Whittington (1965). Its type specimen is GSC 18368, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Table Point, "Lower Table Head", Bed 8.10, which is in a Whiterockian shallow subtidal limestone in the Table Point Formation of Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. georgei, C. planiformis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Calyptaulax incepta Whittington p. 428 figs. Pl. 67, figs. 1-3, 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyPhacopoideaHupe 1953
familyPterygometopidaeReed 1905
subfamilyEomonorachinaePillet 1954
genusCalyptaulaxCooper 1930
speciesincepta

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.

†Calyptaulax incepta Whittington 1965
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Diagnosis
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