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Townleyella rara

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Taxonomy
Townleyella rara 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.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Townleyella rara Yuan and Yin

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyPtychopariidaeMatthew 1887
genusTownleyellaOpik 1967
speciesrara

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.

†Townleyella rara Yuan and Yin 1998
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available