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Tonkinella breviceps

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Oryctocephalidae

Taxonomy
Tonkinella breviceps was named by Kobayashi (1934).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Tonkinella breviceps Kobayashi pp. 300 - 301 figs. Figs. 2 - 6
1994Tonkinella breviceps Sundberg pp. 35 - 37 figs. Figure 24

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderCorynexochinaKobayashi 1935
familyOryctocephalidaeBeecher 1897
subfamilyOryctocephalinaeBeecher 1897
genusTonkinellaMansuy 1916
speciesbrevicepsKobayashi 1934

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Tonkinella breviceps Kobayashi 1934
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
F. A. Sundberg 1994onkinella with up- turned anterior border on cranidium. Pygidium with smooth margin, moderate ro moderately shallow pleural furrows of unifom depth not reaching border, narrow posterior pleural segment, segment width 7-11.5% pygidial width, 3-5 axial rings.