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Petigurus cybele

Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae

Taxonomy
Bathyurus cybele was named by Billings (1859) [Lectotype selected by Shaw and Bolton 2011]. Its type specimen is GSC 518 (lectotype), a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Petigurus cybele by Twenhofel (1938).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Bathyurus cybele Billings p. 72
1938Petigurus cybele Twenhofel p. 71

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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
subfamilyBathyurinaeWalcott 1886
genusPetigurusRaymond 1913
speciescybele(Billings 1859)

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.

†Petigurus cybele Billings 1859
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Diagnosis
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