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Ptyocephalus vigilans

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Ptyocephalus vigilans was named by Whittington (1948). It is the type species of Ptyocephalus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1948Ptyocephalus vigilans Whittington p. 567 figs. Pl. 82, figs. 1-5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
genusPtyocephalus()
speciesvigilans

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.

Ptyocephalus vigilans Whittington 1948
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Diagnosis
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