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Plethometopus dubius

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Plethopeltidae

Taxonomy
Stenopilus dubius was named by Rasetti (1944). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Laval Univ. 1157a, a cephalon/head (cranidium).

It was recombined as Plethometopus dubius by Rasetti (1963).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. glaber, P. hastatus, P. longispinus, P. modestus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Stenopilus dubius Rasetti
1963Plethometopus dubius Rasetti

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyPlethopeltidaeRaymond 1925
genusPlethometopusRaymond 1913
speciesdubius()

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.

†Plethometopus dubius Rasetti 1944
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available