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Achatella truncatocaudata

Trilobita - Phacopida - Pterygometopidae

Taxonomy
Phacops truncatocaudatus was named by Portlock (1843).

It was recombined as Truncatometopus truncatocaudatus by Pillet (1960); it was recombined as Achatella truncatocaudata by Romano and Owen (1993).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Phacops truncatocaudatus Portlock
1960Truncatometopus truncatocaudatus Pillet
1993Achatella truncatocaudata Romano and Owen p. 711 figs. 5A, F

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyPhacopoideaHupe 1953
familyPterygometopidaeReed 1905
subfamilyPterygometopinaeReed 1905
genusAchatellaDelo 1935
speciestruncatocaudata(Portlock 1843)

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.

Achatella truncatocaudata Portlock 1843
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available