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Psalikilopsis cuspidicauda

Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae

Taxonomy
Psalikilopsis cuspidicauda was named by Ross (1953) [Paratypes: YPM 19775-8.]. Its type specimen is YPM 18774, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 6, Hillyard's Canyon, recollection of lower "G(2)" zone, which is in a Tulean shallow subtidal horizon in the Garden City Formation of Idaho. It is the type species of Psalikilopsis.

It was corrected as Psalikilopsis cuspicaudata by Ross (1953) and Adrain et al. (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Psalikilopsis cuspicaudata Ross p. 639 figs. 639, pl. 63, figs 2-9, 12
1953Psalikilopsis cuspidicauda Ross p. 639 figs. Pl. 63, figs. 4, 5, 9
2003Psalikilopsis cuspicaudata Adrain et al. p. 560

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
familyBathyuridaeWalcott 1886
subfamilyBathyurinaeWalcott 1886
genusPsalikilopsis
speciescuspidicauda

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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