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Cliffia lataegenae

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Phylacteridae

Taxonomy
Acrocephalites lataegenae was named by Wilson (1949). Its type specimen is CW- 35, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 42-13w.6, which is in a Furongian marine limestone in the Wilberns Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Cliffia lataegenae by Hohensee and Stitt (1989) and Taylor et al. (1999).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Acrocephalites lataegenae Wilson p. 31 figs. Pl. 10, fig. 14
1986Cliffia latagenae Westrop
1989Cliffia lataegenae Hohensee and Stitt p. 865
1999Cliffia lataegenae Taylor et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyPhylacteridaeLudvigsen and Westrop 1989
genusCliffiaWilson 1951
specieslataegenae()

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.

Cliffia lataegenae Wilson 1949
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Diagnosis
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