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Ampyxoides semicostatus

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae

Taxonomy
Ampyx semicostatus was named by Billings (1865) [Lectotype selected by Whittington 1965]. Its type specimen is GSC 690 (lectotype), a pygidium, and it is a mold.

It was recombined as Raphiophorus semicostatus by Raymond (1925); it was recombined as Ampyxoides semicostatus by Whittington (1965); it was recombined as Lonchodomas semicostatus by Sennikov et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Ampyx semicostatus Billings p. 297 fig. 287
1925Raphiophorus semicostatus Raymond p. 31 figs. Plate 1, fig. 14, 15
1965Ampyxoides semicostatus Whittington p. 319
2019Lonchodomas semicostatus Sennikov et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyRaphiophoridaeAngelin 1854
subfamilyRaphiophorinaeAngelin 1854
genusAmpyxoides
speciessemicostatus(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.

Ampyxoides semicostatus Billings 1865
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Diagnosis
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