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Hypermecaspis latigena

Trilobita - Olenida - Olenidae

Taxonomy
Hypermecaspis latigena was named by Fortey (1974). Its type specimen is PMO NF 3002, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Hypermecaspis latigena Fortey p. 45 figs. Pl. 13, figs. 2, 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyOlenidaeBurmeister 1843
genusHypermecaspisHarrington and Leanza 1957
specieslatigena

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Hypermecaspis latigena Fortey 1974
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Diagnosis
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