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Carolinites rugosus

Trilobita - Proetida - Telephinidae

Taxonomy
Carolinites rugosus was named by Fortey (1975). Its type specimen is SMA 84195, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. pardensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Carolinites rugosus Fortey p. 105 figs. Pl. 34, figs. 8-10; pl. 36, figs. 2, 3, 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
familyTelephinidaeMarek 1952
genusCarolinitesKobayashi 1940
speciesrugosus

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.

†Carolinites rugosus Fortey 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available