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Proceratopyge rectispinata

Trilobita - Asaphida - Ceratopygidae

Taxonomy
Lopnorites rectispinatus was named by Troedsson (1937).

It was recombined as Proceratopyge (Lopnorites) rectispinatus by Peng et al. (2009); it was recombined as Proceratopyge rectispinata by Chatterton and Gibb (2016) and Chatterton (2020).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Lopnorites rectispinatus Troedsson p. 35 figs. pl. 2, figs. 1, 2.
1937Lopnorites fragilis Troedsson p. 36 figs. Pl. 2, Figs. 3–6
1961Proceratopyge cylindrica Chien
2009Proceratopyge (Lopnorites) rectispinatus Peng et al.
2016Proceratopyge rectispinata Chatterton and Gibb p. 35 figs. pl. 9, figs. 1–10, pl. 10. figs. 1–7
2020Proceratopyge rectispinata Chatterton p. 661 figs. 3.5, 4.7, 5.1, 5.3–5.5, 5.9

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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
speciesrectispinata(Troedsson 1937)

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.

Proceratopyge rectispinata Troedsson 1937
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Invalid names: Lopnorites fragilis Troedsson 1937 [synonym], Proceratopyge cylindrica Chien 1961 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available