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Pseudoyuepingia modesta

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Ceratopygidae

Taxonomy
Pseudoyuepingia modesta was named by Chien (1961). Its type specimen is NIGP 11506, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Pseudoyuepingia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. vanensis
Entered
by M. Hopkins on 2026-01-19; modified by M. Hopkins on 2026-01-19

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Pseudoyuepingia modesta Chien p. 126 figs. Plate 3, fig. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyCeratopygidaeRaymond 1913
genusPseudoyuepingia
speciesmodesta

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.

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Diagnosis
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