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Parahousia constricta

Trilobita - Olenida - Pterocephaliidae

Taxonomy
Parahousia constricta was named by Palmer (1960). Its type specimen is USNM 136870, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Parahousia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Parahousia constricta Palmer p. 77 figs. Pl. 7, fig. 16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyPterocephaliidaeKobayashi 1935
subfamilyHousiinaeHupé 1953
genusParahousia
speciesconstricta

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Parahousia constricta Palmer 1960
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Diagnosis
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