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Girardina consimilis

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Phacopidae

Taxonomy
Girardina consimilis was named by Feist and Klapper (2022). Its type specimen is Cephalon UM-IP 955, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2022Girardina consimilis Feist and Klapper pp. 28 - 29 figs. 8L-R

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyPhacopoideaHupe 1953
familyPhacopidaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyPhacopinaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusGirardina
speciesconsimilis

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.

†Girardina consimilis Feist and Klapper 2022
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. Feist and G. Klapper 2022Cephalon with broad genal fields, glabella with slightly pointed anterior contour and anterolateral angles, occipital ring long (exsag.) distally, adaxial parts of posterior border not narrowing, pleural field of pygidium with posteriorly effaced ribs and pleural furrows; dense, uniformly fine-grained granules on entire exoskeleton.