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Fallotaspis

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Fallotaspididae

Taxonomy
Fallotaspis was named by Hupé (1953) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Atda-l Sepkoski's reference number: 472,476,522,885]. Its type is Fallotaspis typica.

It was assigned to Fallotaspidinae by Palmer and Repina (1993) and Geyer (1996); to Olenellida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Fallotaspididae by Whittington et al. (1997) and Lieberman (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Fallotaspis Hupé
1993Fallotaspis Palmer and Repina p. 27 fig. 7.2
1996Fallotaspis Geyer p. 162
1997Fallotaspis Whittington et al. p. 418
2002Fallotaspis Lieberman p. 701
2002Fallotaspis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderOlenellina
superfamilyFallotaspidoideaHupe 1953
familyFallotaspididaeHupe 1953
genusFallotaspis

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.

G. †Fallotaspis Hupé 1953
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Fallotaspis antecedens Geyer 2019
Fallotaspis bondoni Neltner and Poctey 1950
Fallotaspis plana Hupé 1953
Fallotaspis typica Hupé 1953
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. R. Palmer and L. N. Repina 1993Fallotaspidinae with posterior margin of cephalon straight or gently curved forward distally. Intergenal spine not developed, but intergenal ridge inter- secting posterior border closer to glabella than to genal spine. Glabella slightly tapered forward. Ocular lobes directed posterolaterally from junction with L4. Width of interocular area half or less width of extraocular area. Thorax of 21 segments; 17 in prothorax, 4 in opisthothorax. Opisthothorax not strongly differentiated. Pleural regions, excluding spines, about same width as axis. Third thoracic segment macropleural. Pygidium small, subquadrate.
G. Geyer 1996Fallotaspidinae with glabella tapered for- ward; ocular Iobes directed posterolaterally, eye ridges faintly narrewer than posterior ocular Iobes ; width of interocular area about half or less width of extraocular area; intergenal spine only visible in immature indivi- duals; thorax with macropleural third segment; opis- thothorax weakly differentiated.