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Apatokephalus longifrons

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Remopleurididae

Taxonomy
Apatokephalus longifrons was named by Dean (1989) [Paratype: GSC 62292. Questionably assigned to genus by author.]. Its type specimen is GSC 62291, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC locality 92241, Survey Peak Fm., Biozone D, Alberta Canada - Dean 1989, which is in a Tremadoc transition zone/lower shoreface siltstone in the Survey Peak Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Apatokephalus longifrons Dean p. 35 figs. Pl. 24, figs. 1, 2, 4

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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
genusApatokephalusBrögger 1896
specieslongifrons

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.

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Diagnosis
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