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Diacanthaspis scitulus

Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae

Taxonomy
Diacanthaspis scitulus was named by Whittington (1956) [Paratypes: USNM 116526a-c]. Its type specimen is USNM 116525, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Loc. 8, Greenmount Church area, which is in a Turinian carbonate limestone in the Oranda Formation of Virginia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. biaculeatus, D. thorsteinssoni

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Diacanthaspis scitulus Whittington p. 230 figs. Pl. 12, figs. 1-3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOdontopleuridaWhittington 1959
familyOdontopleuridaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyOdontopleurinaeBurmeister 1843
genusDiacanthaspis
speciesscitulus

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.

†Diacanthaspis scitulus Whittington 1956
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available