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Punka flabelliformis

Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae

Taxonomy
Punka flabelliformis was named by Fortey (1979) [Paratypes: cranidium, GSC 56860; pygidia, GSC 57757, 56861; librigena, GSC 56862. Includes some specimens previously identified as Bathyurellus marginiatus (Billings 1865, fig. 249 (non fig. 248); Whittington 1953, p. 661; Whittington and Kindle 1969, p. 658.)]. Its type specimen is GSC 56859, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Catoche Formation type section, which is in a Cassinian open shallow subtidal limestone/dolomite in the Catoche Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Grinnellaspis flabelliformis by Rohr et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Punka flabelliformis Fortey p. 96 figs. Pl. 33, fig. 2-4
2007Punka flabelliformis Loch p. 69
2008Grinnellaspis flabelliformis Rohr et al. p. 88
2013Punka flabelliformis Fortey and Bruton p. 6

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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
subfamilyBathyurellinaeHupe 1953
genusPunka
speciesflabelliformis

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.

†Punka flabelliformis Fortey 1979
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Diagnosis
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