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Roksaspis turbinella

Trilobita - Olenida - Parabolinoididae

Taxonomy
Roksaspis turbinella was named by Ludvigsen et al. (1989). Its type specimen is GSC 69871, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cow Head CH 58, which is in a Sunwaptan platform/shelf-margin reef limestone in the Shallow Bay Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Roksaspis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Roksaspis turbinella Ludvigsen et al. p. 21 figs. Pl. 11, fig. 11-12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyParabolinoididaeLochman 1956
genusRoksaspis
speciesturbinella

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.

†Roksaspis turbinella Ludvigsen et al. 1989
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Diagnosis
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