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Acidiphorus brighti

Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae

Taxonomy
Goniotelus brighti was named by Hintze (1953) [Paratypes: 26474-5, 26477-9 (AMNH).]. Its type specimen is 26476 (AMNH), a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Goniotelina brighti by Whittington (1953); it was recombined as Acidiphorus brighti by Brett and Westrop (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Goniotelus brighti Hintze p. 158 figs. Pl. 26, figs. 2a, b
1953Goniotelina brighti Whittington p. 666
1996Acidiphorus brighti 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
speciesbrighti()

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 brighti Hintze 1953
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Diagnosis
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