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Tricrepicephalus asiaticus

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Tricrepicephalidae

Taxonomy
Tricrepicephalus asiaticus was named by Yuan and Yin (1998). It is not extant. Its type locality is Yangweizhou-Jimachong, Blackwelderia zone, which is in a Guzhangian slope limestone in the Chefu Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Tricrepicephalus asiaticus Yuan and Yin

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Life
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyTricrepicephalidae
genusTricrepicephalusKobayashi 1935
speciesasiaticus

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.

Tricrepicephalus asiaticus Yuan and Yin 1998
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available