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Mendolaspis

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae

Taxonomy
Mendolaspis was named by Rusconi (1951) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren]. It is not extant. Its type is Mendolaspis salagastensis.

It was assigned to Raphiophorinae by Fortey (1975); to Raphiophoridae by Harrington and Leanza (1957) and Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Mendolaspis Rusconi
1957Mendolaspis Harrington and Leanza
1975Mendolaspis Fortey p. 65
2002Mendolaspis Jell and Adrain p. 404
2002Mendolaspis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyRaphiophoridaeAngelin 1854
subfamilyRaphiophorinaeAngelin 1854
genusMendolaspisRusconi 1951

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. †Mendolaspis Rusconi 1951
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Mendolaspis doidyx Fortey 1975
Mendolaspis paradoidyx Zhang 1981
Mendolaspis salagastensis Rusconi 1951
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available