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Poliellaites

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dolichometopidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Poliellaites Jell and Adrain p. 428
2003Poliellaites Sundberg and McCollum p. 337

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyDolichometopidae
genusPoliellaites

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.

G. †Poliellaites Sundberg and McCollum 2003
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Poliellaites gloriosa Sundberg and McCollum 2003
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
F. A. Sundberg and L.B. McCollum 2003Cranidium with slightly expanding glabella, pal­ pebral lobes moderately short, and posterior area of the fixigena tapered. Pygidium subrectangular with maximum width near an­ terior end of axis; pleural and axial ring furrows moderately strong; anterior border poorly defined, anterior border furrow ab­ sent; margin upturned; each anterior pleural band with long, up­ turned spines.