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Fordaspis

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dorypygidae

Taxonomy
Fordaspis was named by Lochman (1956) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Atda-u Cm Tojo Sepkoski's reference number: 80]. It is not extant.

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

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Fordaspis Lochman
2002Fordaspis Jell and Adrain p. 376
2002Fordaspis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderCorynexochinaKobayashi 1935
familyDorypygidaeKobayashi 1935
genusFordaspisLochman 1956

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. †Fordaspis Lochman 1956
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Fordaspis tumida Walcott 1887
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available