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Kuraspis

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Lonchocephalidae

Taxonomy
Kuraspis was named by Chernysheva (1959) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm uMid-u Cm Fran-l Sepkoski's reference number: 618]. It is not extant.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Kuraspis Chernysheva
2002Kuraspis Jell and Adrain p. 394
2002Kuraspis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyLonchocephalidaeHupé 1955
genusKuraspisChernysheva 1959

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. †Kuraspis Chernysheva 1959
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Kuraspis acricula Rozova 1963
Kuraspis antiqua Rozova 1964
Kuraspis similis Chernysheva 1960
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available