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Scinocephalus solitecti

Trilobita - Asaphida - Remopleurididae

Taxonomy
Scinocephalus solitecti was named by Ross (1951) [Paratypes: YPM 18121, 18126-30]. Its type specimen is YPM 18125, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 6, Hillyard's Canyon, Zone "G(2)a", which is in a Tulean shallow subtidal horizon in the Garden City Formation of Idaho. It is the type species of Scinocephalus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Scinocephalus solitecti Ross p. 90 figs. Pl. 20, figs. 31, 32, 37

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyRemopleurididaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusScinocephalus
speciessolitecti

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.

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Diagnosis
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