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Onchopeltis

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Elviniidae

Taxonomy
Onchopeltis was named by Rasetti (1944) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Dres-u Cm Fran Sepkoski's reference number: 1,494]. It is not extant. Its type is Onchopeltis spectabilis.

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

Species
O. spectabilis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Onchopeltis Rasetti p. 249
2002Onchopeltis Jell and Adrain p. 414
2002Onchopeltis 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
familyElviniidaeKobayashi 1936
genusOnchopeltis

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. †Onchopeltis Rasetti 1944
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Onchopeltis spectabilis Rasetti 1944
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available