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Pharostoma rarum

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Pharostomatidae

Taxonomy
Pharostoma rarum was named by Cooper and Kindle (1936). Its type specimen is USNM 91795, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. pediloba, P. pulchrum, P. pulchrum, P. pulchrum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Pharostoma rarum Cooper and Kindle p. 369 figs. Plate 53, fig. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCalymeninaSwinnerton 1915
familyPharostomatidaeHupé 1953
genusPharostomaRouault 1847
speciesrarum

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.

†Pharostoma rarum Cooper and Kindle 1936
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available