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Cermatops

Trilobita - Asaphida - Ceratopygidae

Taxonomy
Cermatops was named by Shergold (1980) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Fran-u Sepkoski's reference number: 16]. Its type is Cermatops vieta.

It was assigned to Iwayaspidinae by Shergold (1980); to Ceratopygidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Trilobita by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
C. vieta (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Cermatops Shergold p. 69
2002Cermatops Jell and Adrain p. 356
2002Cermatops Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyCeratopygidaeRaymond 1913
subfamilyIwayaspidinaeKobayashi 1962
genusCermatops

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. †Cermatops Shergold 1980
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Cermatops vieta Shergold 1980
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available