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Nipponaspis takaizumii

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Nipponaspis takaizumii was named by Koizumi (1972). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is G2-zawa Valley, T7, Takakura-yama Mountain, Iwaki City, which is in a Capitanian marine shale in the Takakurayama Formation of Japan. It is the type species of Nipponaspis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Nipponaspis takaizumii Koizumi
1984Nipponaspis takaizumii Kobayashi and Hamada p. 43 figs. Pl 2, figs 1-5; text-fig 5a

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
subfamilyWeaniinaeOwens 1983
genusNipponaspis
speciestakaizumii

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.

Nipponaspis takaizumii Koizumi 1972
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Diagnosis
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