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Amblycranium linearus

Trilobita - Proetida - Hystricuridae

Taxonomy
Amblycranium linearus was named by Young (1973) [Questionably assigned to genus by author. Paratypes: BYU 2106-8.]. Its type specimen is BYU 2105, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is H-20, which is in a Blackhillsian open shallow subtidal grainstone in the Fillmore Formation of Utah.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Amblycranium linearus Young p. 96 figs. Pl. 4, figs. 9, 13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
Life
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
familyHystricuridaeHupé 1953
genusAmblycranium
specieslinearus

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Amblycranium linearus Young 1973
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Diagnosis
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