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Acidiphorus rostratus

Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae

Taxonomy
Goniotelus rostratus was named by Whittington (1963). Its type specimen is GSC 16209, a cephalothorax, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Alpha Boulder, Table Head, which is in a Whiterockian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in Canada.

It was recombined as Acidiphorus rostratus by Brett and Westrop (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Goniotelus rostratus Whittington p. 64 figs. Pl. 15, figs. 1, 2, 4
1996Acidiphorus rostratus Brett and Westrop p. 421

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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
familyBathyuridaeWalcott 1886
genusAcidiphorus
speciesrostratus()

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.

†Acidiphorus rostratus Whittington 1963
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Diagnosis
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