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Ceraurinella polydorus

Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Taxonomy
Cheirurus polydorus was named by Billings (1865) [Lectotype selected by Whittington 1965]. Its type specimen is GSC 685 (lectotype), a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Ceraurinus polydorus by Barton (1913) and Raymond (1925); it was recombined as Ceraurinella polydorus by Whittington (1965).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. magnilobata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Cheirurus polydorus Billings p. 286
1913Ceraurinus polydorus Barton p. 548
1925Ceraurinus polydorus Raymond p. 143
1965Ceraurinella polydorus Whittington p. 408

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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
familyCheiruridaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyCheirurinae
genusCeraurinella
speciespolydorus(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.

†Ceraurinella polydorus Billings 1865
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available