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Amecephalus laticaudum

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Alokistocaridae

Taxonomy
Alokistocare laticaudum was named by Resser (1939). It is not extant. Its type specimen is USNM 96517.

It was recombined as Amecephalus laticaudum by Sundberg (1999).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Alokistocare laticaudum Resser p. 17 figs. Pl. 4, figs. 15-19
1999Amecephalus laticaudum Sundberg p. 1131

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyAlokistocaridaeResser 1939
genusAmecephalusWalcott 1924
specieslaticaudum()

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.

†Amecephalus laticaudum Resser 1939
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available