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Ceratocephala (Ceratocephalina) tridens

Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae

Taxonomy
Ceratocephala (Ceratocephalina) tridens was named by Whittington (1956) [Paratypes: USNM 124700a-c]. Its type specimen is USNM 124699, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Ceratocephala (Ceratocephalina).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Ceratocephala (Ceratocephalina) tridens Whittington p. 243 figs. Pl. 16, figs. 1-3, 18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOdontopleuridaWhittington 1959
familyOdontopleuridaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyMiraspidinaeRichter and Richter 1917
genusCeratocephalaWarder 1838
subgenusCeratocephalina
speciestridens

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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