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Calliops brevis

Trilobita - Phacopida - Pterygometopidae

Taxonomy
Pterygometopus callicephalus brevis was named by Roy (1941). Its type specimen is P28715 (FMNH), a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Calliops brevis by Whittington (1954).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. gracilens, C. narrawayi

Synonyms
  • Eomonorachus deloi was named by Roy (1941). Its type specimen is P28720 (FMNH), a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Calliops brevis by Whittington (1954).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Pterygometopus callicephalus brevis Roy p. 165
1941Eomonorachus deloi Roy p. 168
1954Calliops brevis Whittington p. 133

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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
genusCalliopsDelo 1935
speciesbrevis(Roy 1941)

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.

†Calliops brevis Roy 1941
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Invalid names: Eomonorachus deloi Roy 1941 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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