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Telephinidae

Trilobita - Proetida - Telephinidae

Taxonomy

Telephinidae was named by Marek (1952).

It was assigned to Aulacopleurida by Adrain (2011); and to Proetida by Whittington et al. (1997), Chatterton et al. (1999), Fortey and Droser (1999) and Fortey and Bruton (2013).

Subtaxa

Carolinites (syn. Tafnaspis, Dimastocephalus, Keidelia), Carrickiinae, Goniophrys, Oopsites, Opipeuter (syn. Ompheter), Opipeuteridae, Phorocephala (syn. Carrickia), Pyraustocranium, Telephina (syn. Telephus)

Sister taxa

Opipeuteridae

Synonyms

Carrickiinae was named by Dean (1971).

It was considered an invalid subgroup of Telephinidae by Fortey (1975).
Opipeuteridae was named by Fortey (1974). It is not extant.

It was considered an invalid subgroup of Telephinidae by Adrain (2011).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1952	Telephinidae Marek
1971	Carrickiinae Dean
1974	Opipeuteridae Fortey
1997	Telephinidae Whittington et al. p. 300
1999	Telephinidae Chatterton et al. p. 224
1999	Telephinidae Fortey and Droser p. 187
2011	Telephinidae Adrain p. 106
2013	Telephinidae Fortey and Bruton

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa
—	Panarthropoda

Rank	Name	Author
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Artiopoda	(Hou and Bergstrom)
class	Trilobita	Walch 1771
order	Proetida	Fortey and Owens 1975
family	Telephinidae	Marek 1952
family	Telephinidae	Marek 1952

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.

Fm. †Telephinidae Marek 1952

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G. †Carolinites Kobayashi 1940

†Carolinites ekphymosus Fortey 1975

†Carolinites genacinaca Ross 1951

†Carolinites genacinaca nevadensis Hintze 1953

†Carolinites genacinaca genacinaca Ross 1951

†Carolinites ichangensis Lu 1975

†Carolinites indentus Ross and Barnes 1967

†Carolinites killaryensis Stubblefield 1950

†Carolinites killaryensis utahensis Hintze 1953

†Carolinites macrophthalma Harrington and Leanza 1957

†Carolinites pardensis Legg 1976

†Carolinites rugosus Fortey 1975

†Carolinites sibiricus Chugaeva 1964

Invalid names: Carolinites angustagena Ross and Barnes 1967 [synonym]

†Carolinites tasmaniensis Etheridge 1919

Invalid names: Carolinites bulbosa Kobayashi 1940 [synonym]

Invalid names: Dimastocephalus Stubblefield 1950 [synonym], Keidelia Harrington and Leanza 1957 [synonym], Tafnaspis Leanza and Baldis 1975 [synonym]

G. †Goniophrys Ross 1951

†Goniophrys prima Ross 1951

G. †Oopsites Fortey 1975

†Oopsites hibernicus Reed 1909

†Oopsites squamosus Fortey 1975

G. †Opipeuter Fortey 1974

†Opipeuter angularis Young 1973

†Opipeuter emanuelensis Legg 1976

†Opipeuter emanuelensis princeps Laurie and Shergold 1996

†Opipeuter emanuelensis remorator Laurie and Shergold 1996

†Opipeuter emanuelensis translator Laurie and Shergold 1996

†Opipeuter emanuelensis emanuelensis Legg 1976