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Apianurus glaber

Artiopoda - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae

Taxonomy
Apianurus glaber was named by Whittington (1956) [Paratypes: USNM 124704a, b]. Its type specimen is USNM 124703, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Loc. 2. edge of quarry, just north of RR tracks ΒΌ mile west of Strasburg Junction, which is in an Ashbyan carbonate limestone in the Edinburg Formation of Virginia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Apianurus glaber Whittington p. 268 figs. Pl. 21, figs. 1-3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOdontopleuridaWhittington 1959
familyOdontopleuridaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyApianurinae
genusApianurus
speciesglaber

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.

†Apianurus glaber Whittington 1956
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Diagnosis
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