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Paraplethopeltis

Trilobita - Proetida - Hystricuridae

Taxonomy
Paraplethopeltis was named by Bridge and Cloud (1947) [Sepkoski's age data: O Trem-l Sepkoski's reference number: 795]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Hystricuridae by Jell and Adrain (2002) and Adrain et al. (2003).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1947Paraplethopeltis Bridge and Cloud
2002Paraplethopeltis Jell and Adrain p. 421
2002Paraplethopeltis Sepkoski
2003Paraplethopeltis Adrain et al. p. 559

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
familyHystricuridaeHupé 1953
genusParaplethopeltisBridge and Cloud 1947

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. †Paraplethopeltis Bridge and Cloud 1947
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Paraplethopeltis cordai Billings 1859
Paraplethopeltis helli Adrain et al. 2014
Paraplethopeltis minuta Heller 1954
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available