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Erixanium multisegmentus

Trilobita - Olenida - Aphelaspidae

Taxonomy
Erixanium multisegmentus was named by Palmer (1965). Its type specimen is USNM 136916, a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Erixanium multisegmentus Palmer p. 49 figs. Pl. 17, fig. 18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
Life
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyAphelaspidae(Palmer 1960)
genusErixaniumOpik 1963
speciesmultisegmentus

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Erixanium multisegmentus Palmer 1965
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Diagnosis
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