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Proceratopyge truncatus

Trilobita - Asaphida - Ceratopygidae

Taxonomy
Proceratopyge truncatum was named by Yang (1977) [in Zhou et al.]. It is not extant.

It was corrected as Proceratopyge truncata by Peng et al. (2004); it was corrected as Proceratopyge truncatus by Duan (2004).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Proceratopyge truncatum Yang
2004Proceratopyge truncatus Duan
2004Proceratopyge truncata Peng et al.

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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
genusProceratopygeWallerius 1895
speciestruncatus(Yang 1977)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available