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Raymondella elegans

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae

Taxonomy
Ampyxina elegans was named by Cooper (1953) [Paratype: USNM 116445a]. Its type specimen is USNM 116445c, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Raymondella elegans by Whittington (1959).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Ampyxina elegans Cooper
1959Raymondella elegans Whittington

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyRaphiophoridaeAngelin 1854
genusRaymondellaReed 1935
specieselegans()

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.

†Raymondella elegans Cooper 1953
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available