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Megalaspidella orthometopa

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Megalaspidella orthometopa was named by Harrington (1938). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Notopeltis orthometopa by Harrington and Leanza (1957) and Tortello and Esteban (2014).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Megalaspidella orthometopa Harrington
1938Megalaspidella pumila Harrington
1957Notopeltis orthometopa Harrington and Leanza
2014Notopeltis orthometopa Tortello and Esteban p. 934

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
genusMegalaspidellaCallaway 1877
speciesorthometopaHarrington 1938

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.

Megalaspidella orthometopa Harrington 1938
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available