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Trimerocephalus tardispinosus

Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae

Taxonomy
Trimerocephalus tardispinosus was named by Feist and Becker (1997). Its type specimen is GSWA- F49811, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bed 17. Sprite Ridge, near Bob's Bore in Virgin Hills, which is in a Famennian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Virgin Hills Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Trimerocephalus tardispinosus Feist and Becker pp. 236 - 238 figs. P1. 1, fig. 9; P1.2. figs. 1-7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Life
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyPhacopoideaHupe 1953
familyPhacopidaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusTrimerocephalus
speciestardispinosus

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Trimerocephalus tardispinosus Feist and Becker 1997
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. Feist and T. Becker 1997A species of Trimerocephalus with long genal spines persisting into the holaspid stage; facial suture running on to anterior cheek; pygidium with depressed, stout axis; anterior pleural bands much larger than posterior.