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Jeffersonia bridgei

Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae

Taxonomy
Jeffersonia bridgei was named by Heller (1954). Its type specimen is U. Mo. No. 10337, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is MR-15, Hwy 5 and Bryant Creek, which is in a Stairsian carbonate chert in the Roubidoux Formation of Missouri.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Jeffersonia bridgei Heller p. 46 figs. Pl. 18, fig. 16

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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
genusJeffersoniaPoulson 1927
speciesbridgei

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.

†Jeffersonia bridgei Heller 1954
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Diagnosis
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