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Platycoryphe dyaulax

Trilobita - Phacopida - Homalonotidae

Taxonomy
Platycoryphe dyaulax was named by Thomas (1977). Its type specimen is SM A81820, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Qusayba district 1, which is in a Llandovery marine horizon in the Tabuk Formation of Saudi Arabia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Platycoryphe dyaulax Thomas p. 169 figs. Pl 24, fig 7-9, 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCalymeninaSwinnerton 1915
familyHomalonotidaeChapman 1890
subfamilyHomalonotinae(Chapman 1890)
genusPlatycorypheFoerste 1919
speciesdyaulax

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.

†Platycoryphe dyaulax Thomas 1977
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Diagnosis
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