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Bolbocephalus convexus

Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae

Taxonomy
Dolichometopus convexus was named by Billings (1865). Its type specimen is GSC 718, a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Bolbocephalus convexus by Fortey (1979) and Fortey and Bruton (2013).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Bolbocephalus groenlandicus Poulsen
1979Bolbocephalus convexus Fortey p. 78 figs. Pl. 26, fig. 8
2013Bolbocephalus convexus Fortey and Bruton

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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
familyBathyuridaeWalcott 1886
subfamilyBathyurinaeWalcott 1886
genusBolbocephalusWhitfield 1890
speciesconvexus(Billings 1865)

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.

†Bolbocephalus convexus Billings 1865
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Invalid names: Bolbocephalus groenlandicus Poulsen 1937 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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