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Meringaspis

Trilobita - Lichida - Damesellidae

Taxonomy
Meringaspis was named by Opik (1967) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm uMid-u Cm Dres-l Sepkoski's reference number: 16,483]. It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Damesops by Jell and Adrain (2002).

It was assigned to Odontopleurida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Damesellidae by Duan (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Meringaspis Opik
2002Meringaspis Sepkoski
2004Meringaspis Duan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
Life
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderLichidaMoore 1959
superfamilyDameselloideaKobayashi 1935
familyDamesellidaeKobayashi 1935
genusMeringaspisOpik 1967

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. †Meringaspis Opik 1967
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Meringaspis damaensis Duan 2004
Meringaspis karatauensis Ergaliev 1980
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available