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Licnocephala ovata

Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae

Taxonomy
Licnocephala ovata was named by Ross (1953). Its type specimen is YPM 18805, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 6, Hillyard's Canyon, recollection of high "G(2)" zone, which is in a Tulean shallow subtidal horizon in the Garden City Formation of Idaho.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Licnocephala ovata Ross p. 644 figs. Pl. 64, figs. 1-3

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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
subfamilyBathyurellinaeHupe 1953
genusLicnocephala
speciesovata

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.

†Licnocephala ovata Ross 1953
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Diagnosis
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