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Kotysopeltis

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Styginidae

Taxonomy
Kotysopeltis was named by Vanek et al. (1991) [Sepkoski's age data: D Gedi Sepkoski's reference number: 1106]. It is not extant.

It was misspelled as Kotisopeltis by Sepkoski (2002); it was corrected as Kotisopeltis by Jell and Adrain (2002).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Kotisopeltis Jell and Adrain p. 394
2002Kotisopeltis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyStyginidaeVogdes 1890
genusKotysopeltisVanek et al. 1991

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. †Kotysopeltis Vanek et al. 1991
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available