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Cyphaspis walteri

Artiopoda - Proetida - Otarionidae

Taxonomy
Cyphaspis walteri was named by Van Viersen and Prescher (2014). Its type specimen is IRSNB a12875, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cyphaspis horizon, Mrakib, which is in a Givetian carbonate limestone in the Bou-Dib Formation of Morocco.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Cyphaspis walteri Van Viersen and Prescher pp. 270-272

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyAulacopleuroidea(Angelin 1854)
familyOtarionidaeRichter and Richter 1926
tribeOtarioniniRichter and Richter 1926
genusCyphaspisBurmeister 1843
specieswalteri

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.

†Cyphaspis walteri Van Viersen and Prescher 2014
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available