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Triproetus spitsbergensis

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Ditomopyge spitsbergensis was named by Osmólska (1968). Its type specimen is ZNG Kr. 1213/560, a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Treskelen, Creek IV, Hornsund, which is in an Asselian marine limestone in the Treskelodden Formation of Svalbard and Jan Mayen.

It was recombined as Triproetus spitsbergensis by Owens (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Ditomopyge spitsbergensis Osmólska p. 606 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-3,7; text-pl 1, figs 6-8
1973Ditomopyge spitsbergensis Ormiston p. 133 figs. Pl 16, figs 4,6,8,9-11
2003Triproetus spitsbergensis Owens p. 383

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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
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyProetidaeSalter 1864
genusTriproetus()
speciesspitsbergensis()

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.

Triproetus spitsbergensis Osmólska 1968
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Diagnosis
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