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Rhyssometopidae

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Rhyssometopidae

Taxonomy
Rhyssometopidae was named by Oepik (1967). It is not extant. Its type is Rhyssometopus.

It was assigned to Asaphida by Whittington et al. (1997), Paterson and Laurie (2004), Bentley et al. (2006); and to Trilobita by Adrain (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Rhyssometopidae Oepik
1997Rhyssometopidae Whittington et al. p. 301
2004Rhyssometopidae Paterson and Laurie p. 98
2006Rhyssometopidae Bentley et al. p. 179
2011Rhyssometopidae Adrain p. 108

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
familyRhyssometopidaeOepik 1967
familyRhyssometopidaeOepik 1967

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.

Fm. †Rhyssometopidae Oepik 1967
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G. †Plectrifer Opik 1967
G. †Qiandongaspis Yuan and Yin 1998
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Qiandongaspis qiandongensis Yuan and Yin 1998
G. †Rhyssometopus Oepik 1967
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G. †Rhyssometropus Opik 1967
G. †Tasmana Jago et al. 2004
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Tasmana truncata Jago et al. 2004
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available