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Cloacaspis ceryx

Trilobita - Olenida - Olenidae

Taxonomy
Balnibarbi ceryx was named by Fortey (1974). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Cloacaspis ceryx by Hopkins (2019) and Fortey et al. (2024).

Subspecies

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Balnibarbi ceryx Fortey p. 28
2019Cloacaspis ceryx Hopkins p. 12
2024Cloacaspis ceryx Fortey et al. figs. Figure 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyOlenidaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyBalnibarbiinae
genusCloacaspis
speciesceryx()

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.

Cloacaspis ceryx Fortey 1974
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Cloacaspis ceryx ceryx Fortey 1974
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available