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Glyptometopus

Trilobita - Olenida - Dokimokephalidae

Taxonomy
Glyptometopus was named by Rasetti (1944) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Trep]. It is not extant. Its type is Glyptometopus laflammei.

It was assigned to Dokimocephalidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
G. laflammei (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Glyptometopus Rasetti p. 241
2002Glyptometopus Jell and Adrain p. 379
2002Glyptometopus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyDokimokephalidae(Kobayashi 1935)
genusGlyptometopus

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. †Glyptometopus Rasetti 1944
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available