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Benthamaspis striata

Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae

Taxonomy
Nileus striatus was named by Whitfield (1897). Its type specimen is AMNH 35823, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Benthamaspis striata by Brett and Westrop (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Nileus striatus Whitfield p. 184 figs. Pl. 5, figs. 5, 6
1996Benthamaspis striata Brett and Westrop p. 425

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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
subfamilyBathyurellinaeHupe 1953
genusBenthamaspisPoulsen 1946
speciesstriata(Whitfield 1897)

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.

†Benthamaspis striata Whitfield 1897
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available