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Protopeltura praecursor

Trilobita - Olenida - Olenidae

Taxonomy
Peltura praecursor was named by Westergård (1909) [Peltura præcursor].

It was recombined as Protopeltura praecursor by Rasmussen et al. (2017).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Peltura praecursor Westergård p. 48
2017Protopeltura praecursor Rasmussen et al. p. 112

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyOlenidaeBurmeister 1843
genusProtopelturaBroegger 1882
speciespraecursor(Westergård 1909)

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.

Protopeltura praecursor Westergård 1909
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Diagnosis
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