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Selenopeltis macrophthalma

Artiopoda - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae

Taxonomy
Acidaspis buchi macroptalma was named by Kloucek (1916). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was corrected as Acidaspis buchi macrophthalma by Kloucek (1919); it was recombined as Selenopeltis buchi macrophthalma by Prantl and Pribyl (1949); it was recombined as Selenopeltis macrophtalma by Por and Gil Cid (1971); it was recombined as Selenopeltis macrophthalmus by Bruton and Henry (1978); it was recombined as Selenopeltis macrophthalma by Bruton (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Acidaspis buchi macroptalma Kloucek pp. 2-3, 6-7 figs. Pl.1 Fig.2-3,5,7; text-fig.1-2
1919Acidaspis buchi macrophthalma Kloucek p. 232,234,236,238
1949Selenopeltis buchi macrophthalma Prantl and Pribyl p. 177 figs. pl. 8 f. 1-4
1971Selenopeltis macrophtalma Por and Gil Cid
1978Selenopeltis macrophthalmus Bruton and Henry pp. 895 - 896 figs. pl. 1, fig. 2-3, 5, 7; text-fig. 1-2
2008Selenopeltis macrophthalma Bruton p. 9 figs. 1B-E, 3K

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOdontopleuridaWhittington 1959
familyOdontopleuridaeBurmeister 1843
genusSelenopeltisHawle and Corda 1847
speciesmacrophthalma(Kloucek 1916)

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
No diagnoses are available