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Aulacopleura

Trilobita - Proetida - Aulacopleuridae

Taxonomy
Aulacopleura was named by Hawle and Corda (1847) [Sepkoski's age data: O Trem D Give-u Sepkoski's reference number: 1106]. It is the type genus of Aulacopleuridae.

It was reranked as Otarion (Aulacopleura) by Thomas and Owens (1978).

It was assigned to Otarion by Thomas and Owens (1978); to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Aulacopleuridae by Jell and Adrain (2002) and Zhou and Zhou (2019).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Aulacopleura Hawle and Corda
1978Otarion (Aulacopleura) Thomas and Owens p. 68
2002Aulacopleura Jell and Adrain p. 345
2002Aulacopleura Sepkoski
2019Aulacopleura Zhou and Zhou p. 161

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyAulacopleuroidea(Angelin 1854)
familyAulacopleuridaeAngelin 1854
genusAulacopleuraHawle and Corda 1847

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. †Aulacopleura Hawle and Corda 1847
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Invalid names: Arethusina Barrande 1846 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available