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Psilocara comma

Trilobita - Olenida - Olenidae

Taxonomy
Psilocara comma was named by Fortey (1974). Its type specimen is PMO NF 2540, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Psilocara.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Psilocara comma Fortey p. 55 figs. Pl. 17, figs. 1, 3, 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyOlenidaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyPelturinaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusPsilocara
speciescomma

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Psilocara comma Fortey 1974
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Diagnosis
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