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Cyphaspis akkae

Trilobita - Proetida - Otarionidae

Taxonomy
Otarion (Otarion) akkae was named by Alberti (1969). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lower Tafilalt Limestone, Tafilalt Area, SE Morocco, which is in a Pragian marine limestone in the Tafilalt Limestone Formation of Morocco.

It was recombined as Cyphaspis akkae by Bault et al. (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. buchbergeri, C. lowei, C. munii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Otarion (Otarion) akkae Alberti
2021Cyphaspis akkae Bault et al. pp. Appendix 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyAulacopleuroidea(Angelin 1854)
familyOtarionidaeRichter and Richter 1926
tribeOtarioniniRichter and Richter 1926
genusCyphaspisBurmeister 1843
speciesakkae(Alberti 1969)

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 akkae Alberti 1969
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available