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Paraplethopeltis cordai

Trilobita - Proetida - Hystricuridae

Taxonomy
Bathyurus cordai was named by Billings (1859). Its type specimen is GSC 836c (syntype) and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Paraplethopeltis cordai by Boyce (1989).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. carinfera

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Bathyurus cordai Billings p. 41
1989Paraplethopeltis cordai Boyce p. 43

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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
familyHystricuridaeHupé 1953
genusParaplethopeltisBridge and Cloud 1947
speciescordai(Billings 1859)

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.

†Paraplethopeltis cordai Billings 1859
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available