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Lasarchopyge benedettoi

Trilobita - Proetida - Scharyiidae

Taxonomy
Lasarchopyge benedettoi was named by Chatterton et al. (1998). Its type specimen is CEGH-UNC 16971, a cephalon/head, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is LA 2, Las Aguaditas North Section, ~5.5 km west and ~9.5 km south of San José da Jáchal, which is in a Costonian deep subtidal shelf marl/claystone in the Las Aguaditas Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Lasarchopyge.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Lasarchopyge benedettoi Chatterton et al. pp. 298-299 figs. 3, 11.11, 11.14-16, 12-13

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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
familyScharyiidaeOsmolska 1957
genusLasarchopyge
speciesbenedettoi

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.

†Lasarchopyge benedettoi Chatterton et al. 1998
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available