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Mystrocephala

Trilobita - Proetida - Brachymetopidae

Taxonomy
Mystrocephala was named by Whittington (1960). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Brachymetopinae by Owens and Hammann (1990); to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Brachymetopidae by Adrain and Kloc (1997) and Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Mystrocephala Whittington
1990Mystrocephala Owens and Hammann
1997Mystrocephala Adrain and Kloc p. 709
2002Mystrocephala Jell and Adrain p. 409
2002Mystrocephala Sepkoski

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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)
familyBrachymetopidaePrantl and Pribyl 1951
genusMystrocephalaWhittington 1960

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. †Mystrocephala Whittington 1960
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Mystrocephala stummi Fagerstrom 1961
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available