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Shantungia spinifera

Trilobita - Lichida - Damesellidae

Taxonomy
Shantungia spinifera was named by Walcott (1905). It is not extant. It is the type species of Shantungia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Shantungia spinifera Walcott

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderLichidaMoore 1959
superfamilyDameselloideaKobayashi 1935
familyDamesellidaeKobayashi 1935
genusShantungiaWalcott 1905
speciesspiniferaWalcott 1905

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.

Shantungia spinifera Walcott 1905
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available