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Aphelotoxon acuminata

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Phylacteridae

Taxonomy
Bynumiella acuminata was named by Palmer (1960) [Questionably assigned to this genus]. Its type specimen is USNM 136903, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Aphelotoxon.

It was recombined as Aphelotoxon acuminata by Palmer (1965).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Bynumiella acuminata Palmer p. 93 figs. Pl. 10, fig. 9
1965Aphelotoxon acuminata Palmer p. 77

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyPhylacteridaeLudvigsen and Westrop 1989
genusAphelotoxon
speciesacuminata()

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.

†Aphelotoxon acuminata Palmer 1960
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Diagnosis
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