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Pterocephalia elongata

Trilobita - Olenida - Pterocephaliidae

Taxonomy
Pterocephalia elongata was named by Palmer (1960). Its type specimen is USNM 136891, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Pterocephalia elongata Palmer p. 88 figs. Pl. 9, fig. 14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyPterocephaliidaeKobayashi 1935
subfamilyPterocephaliinae
genusPterocephaliaRoemer 1849
specieselongata

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Pterocephalia elongata Palmer 1960
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Diagnosis
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