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Tulepyge paucituberculata

Artiopoda - Proetida - Dimeropygidae

Taxonomy
Hystricurus paucituberculatus was named by Fortey (1983). Its type specimen is ROM 42292, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is B1 boulder bed, Broom Point South, which is in a Tremadocian carbonate grainstone/mudstone in the Green Point Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Tulepyge paucituberculata by Adrain and Westrop (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Hystricurus paucituberculatus Fortey p. 185 figs. Pl. 23, 1, 3, 4
2006Tulepyge paucituberculata Adrain and Westrop p. 549

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
familyDimeropygidaeHupe 1953
genusTulepyge
speciespaucituberculata()

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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