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Griffithidella caballeroensis

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Griffithidella caballeroensis was named by Brezinski (2000). Its type specimen is CM 45983 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Indian Wells Canyon, Alamogordo, Caballero Formation, Otero, which is in a Kinderhookian offshore shelf wackestone in the Caballero Formation of New Mexico.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Griffithidella caballeroensis Brezinski pp. 1058 - 1059 figs. 9.1–9.4, 9.6, 9.7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
genusGriffithidellaHessler 1965
speciescaballeroensis

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. K. Brezinski 2000Glabella narrow, elongate, constricted between large palpebral lobes, L1 ellipitical, S2–S3, distinct, dorsal furrow narrow, hightly sinuous, outer edge of cephalic border sharp. Short pygidium, with distinctly smooth border, and border furrow.