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Chilometopus

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dolichometopidae

Taxonomy
Chilometopus was named by Rusconi (1952) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm lMid Cm mMid Sepkoski's reference number: 464,522]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Corynexochida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Dolichometopidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Chilometopus Rusconi
2002Chilometopus Jell and Adrain p. 357
2002Chilometopus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
Life
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyDolichometopidae
genusChilometopusRusconi 1952

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. †Chilometopus Rusconi 1952
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available