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Pterygometopus schmidti

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Pterygometopidae

Discussion

Achatella (s.l.) schmidti Warburg, 1925

Taxonomy
Pterygometopus schmidti was named by Warburg (1925). Its type specimen is PMU D189 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Achatella schmidti by Jaanusson and Ramsköld (1993), Swisher et al. (2016).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. carleyi, P. troosti

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Pterygometopus schmidti Warburg figs. pl. 11, figs 27-28
1993Achatella schmidti Jaanusson and Ramsköld p. 765 figs. Pl. 5, fig. 4
2016Achatella schmidti Swisher et al. p. 60

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyPhacopoideaHupe 1953
familyPterygometopidaeReed 1905
subfamilyPterygometopinaeReed 1905
genusPterygometopusSchmidt 1881
speciesschmidti

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.

†Pterygometopus schmidti Warburg 1925
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available