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Platycoryphe vulcani

Trilobita - Phacopida - Homalonotidae

Taxonomy
Asaphus vulcani was named by Murchison (1839). Its type specimen is GSM 87137 (lectotype), an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Platycoryphe vulcani by Hughes (1969).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Asaphus vulcani Murchison
1969Platycoryphe vulcani Hughes p. 97

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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
speciesvulcani(Murchison 1839)

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 vulcani Murchison 1839
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Diagnosis
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