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Ampyx porcus

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae

Taxonomy
Ampyx porcus was named by Fortey (1975) ["Ampyx" sensu lato, see p. 66.]. Its type specimen is PMO NF 502, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. nitidus, A. ouralti, A. pater, A. repulsus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Ampyx porcus Fortey p. 70 figs. Pl. 24, figs. 1, 2

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

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.

†Ampyx porcus Fortey 1975
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Diagnosis
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