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Primaspis churkini

Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae

Taxonomy
Primaspis churkini was named by Ross and Shaw (1972). Its type specimen is USNM 169654, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. caractaci, P. semievoluta

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Primaspis churkini Ross and Shaw p. 29 figs. Pl. 8, fig. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOdontopleuridaWhittington 1959
familyOdontopleuridaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyOdontopleurinaeBurmeister 1843
genusPrimaspisRichter and Richter 1917
specieschurkini

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.

†Primaspis churkini Ross and Shaw 1972
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available