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Carolinites

Trilobita - Proetida - Telephinidae

Taxonomy
Carolinites was named by Kobayashi (1940) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren-l O Llvi-u Sepkoski's reference number: 795].

It was assigned to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Telephinidae by Fortey (1975), Zhou et al. (1998), Fortey and Droser (1999), Jell and Adrain (2002), Fortey and Bruton (2013) and Zhou and Zhou (2019).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Carolinites Kobayashi
1950Dimastocephalus Stubblefield
1957Keidelia Harrington and Leanza
1975Carolinites Fortey p. 94
1975Tafnaspis Leanza and Baldis
1998Carolinites Zhou et al. p. 720
1999Carolinites Fortey and Droser p. 187
2002Carolinites Jell and Adrain p. 355
2002Carolinites Sepkoski
2013Carolinites Fortey and Bruton
2019Carolinites Zhou and Zhou p. 158

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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
familyTelephinidaeMarek 1952
genusCarolinitesKobayashi 1940

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. †Carolinites Kobayashi 1940
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Carolinites ekphymosus Fortey 1975
Carolinites indentus Ross and Barnes 1967
Carolinites killaryensis Stubblefield 1950
Carolinites macrophthalma Harrington and Leanza 1957
Carolinites rugosus Fortey 1975
Carolinites sibiricus Chugaeva 1964
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Invalid names: Carolinites angustagena Ross and Barnes 1967 [synonym]
Carolinites tasmaniensis Etheridge 1919
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Invalid names: Carolinites bulbosa Kobayashi 1940 [synonym]
Invalid names: Dimastocephalus Stubblefield 1950 [synonym], Keidelia Harrington and Leanza 1957 [synonym], Tafnaspis Leanza and Baldis 1975 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available