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Acidiphorus wahwahensis

Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae

Taxonomy
Goniotelus wahwahensis was named by Hintze (1953) [Paratypes: 26484, 26486 (AMNH).]. Its type specimen is 26485 (AMNH), a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Goniotelus wahwahensis Hintze p. 160 figs. Pl. 26, figs. 12a, b
1953Goniotelina wahwahensis Whittington p. 666
1996Acidiphorus wahwahensis 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
specieswahwahensis()

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 wahwahensis Hintze 1953
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Diagnosis
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