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Albertella highlandensis

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Zacanthoididae

Taxonomy
Albertella highlandensis was named by Eddy and McCollum (1998). Its type specimen is USNM 493066 and is a 3D body fossil.

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Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Albertella highlandensis Eddy and McCollum pp. 870 - 873 figs. 6.1-6.8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderCorynexochinaKobayashi 1935
familyZacanthoididaeSwinnerton 1915
genusAlbertella
specieshighlandensis

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Albertella highlandensis Eddy and McCollum 1998
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. D. Eddy and L. B. McCollum 1998Cranidia with anteriorly expanded glabella; pal- pebral lobe situated opposite glabellar midlength; median node on occipital ring; broadly expanded fixigena behind palpebral lobe; fine granular ornamentation on anterior third of glabella only. Pygidia with four axial ring segments; poorly developed, thin, linear transverse nodes on anterior two axial rings, four pleural furrows; shallow border furrow; marginal spines directed posteriorly to slightly convex inward; fine granular ornamentation on border and spines only.