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Torifera abrupta

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Alsataspididae

Taxonomy
Torifera abrupta was named by Peng et al. (2004). It is not extant. Its type locality is Wangcun section, 227m, which is in a Guzhangian slope packstone/grainstone in the Huaqiao Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Torifera abrupta Peng et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyAlsataspididaeTurner 1940
genusToriferaWolfart 1974
speciesabrupta

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Torifera abrupta Peng et al. 2004
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available