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Mexicaspis

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Zacanthoididae

Taxonomy
Mexicaspis was named by Lochman (1948) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Tojo-u Cm lMid Sepkoski's reference number: 478].

It was assigned to Corynexochida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Zacanthoididae by Palmer and Halley (1979), Eddy and McCollum (1998) and Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1948Mexicaspis Lochman p. 455
1979Mexicaspis Palmer and Halley p. 92
1998Mexicaspis Eddy and McCollum p. 876
2002Mexicaspis Jell and Adrain p. 406
2002Mexicaspis 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
familyZacanthoididaeSwinnerton 1915
genusMexicaspis

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. †Mexicaspis Lochman 1948
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Mexicaspis difuntosensis Lochman 1952
Mexicaspis radiatus Palmer and Halley 1979
Mexicaspis stenopyge Lochman 1948
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available