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Yunnanocephalus yunnanensis

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Yunnanocephalidae

Taxonomy
Ptychoparia yunnanensis was named by Mansuy (1912). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Yunnanocephalus yunnanensis by Kobayashi (1944).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Ptychoparia yunnanensis Mansuy
1944Yunnanocephalus yunnanensis Kobayashi

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderRedlichiinaRichter 1932
superfamilyEllipsocephaloideaLin 1990
familyYunnanocephalidaeHupé 1953
genusYunnanocephalusKobayashi 1936
speciesyunnanensis(Mansuy 1912)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available