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Aulacoparia (Aulacoparina) quadrata

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Asaphellus quadrata was named by Hintze (1953) [Paratypes: 26305-26307 (AMNH). Questionably assigned to genus by author.]. Its type specimen is 26308 (AMNH), a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Aulacoparia (Aulacoparina).

It was recombined as Aulacoparia (Aulacoparina) quadrata by Hintze and Jaanusson (1956).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. huygenae, A. impressa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Asaphellus quadrata Hintze p. 133 figs. Pl. 16, figs. 3a , b, c
1956Aulacoparia (Aulacoparina) quadrata Hintze and Jaanusson p. 54

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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
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
genusAulacoparia
subgenusAulacoparina
speciesquadrata()

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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