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Ectenonotus whittingtoni

Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae

Taxonomy
Ectenonotus whittingtoni was named by Ross and Barnes (1967) [Paratypes: cranidia USNM 145830-145833, 145836; cephalon, USNM 145834; hypostome, USNM 145835; pygidia, USNM 145837-145839; librigena, USNM 145840. Includes Ectenonotus cf. westoni from Whittington 1961 (MCZ 5673).]. Its type specimen is USNM 145829, a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is D 727 CO, which is in a Rangerian shallow subtidal limestone in the Antelope Valley Formation of Nevada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Ectenonotus whittingtoni Ross and Barnes p. D24 figs. Pl. 8, figs 1-3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyPliomeridaeRaymond 1913
subfamilyCybelopsinae
genusEctenonotus
specieswhittingtoni

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.

†Ectenonotus whittingtoni Ross and Barnes 1967
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Diagnosis
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