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Paleofossus

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Edelsteinaspididae

Taxonomy
Paleofossus was named by Pokrovskaya (1959) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Boto Sepkoski's reference number: 923]. It is not extant.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Paleofossus Pokrovskaya
2002Paleofossus Jell and Adrain p. 417
2002Paleofossus 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
familyEdelsteinaspididaeHupé 1953
genusPaleofossusPokrovskaya 1959

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. †Paleofossus Pokrovskaya 1959
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available