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Remopleurides xiazhenensis

Trilobita - Asaphida - Remopleurididae

Taxonomy
Remopleurides xiazhenensis was named by Lee (2013). Its type specimen is NIGP−151979, a skeleton (articulated specimen), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 5. 800 m south of Zhuzhai, which is in a Katian reef, buildup or bioherm bafflestone/bindstone in the Xiazhen Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Remopleurides xiazhenensis Lee pp. 857 - 860 figs. 3A, 4, 5A, B, F–K, M.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyRemopleurididaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyRemopleuridinaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusRemopleuridesPortlock 1843
speciesxiazhenensis

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D.-C. Lee 2013Species of Remopleurides with non−spinose, entire pygidial margin and longitudinal ridges on occipital ring and thoracic axial rings