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Xystocrania glaucus

Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Taxonomy
Cheirurus glaucus was named by Billings (1865). Its type specimen is GSC 850, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a mold.

It was recombined as Xystocrania glaucus by Whittington (1965).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Cheirurus glaucus Billings p. 323 figs. 308a, b
1965Xystocrania glaucus Whittington p. 414

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyCheiruridaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusXystocrania
speciesglaucus(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.

†Xystocrania glaucus Billings 1865
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Diagnosis
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