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Peraspis kolouros

Trilobita - Asaphida - Nileidae

Taxonomy
Peraspis kolouros was named by Norford and Ross (1978). Its type specimen is GSC 42604, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 64579. North White River Section, which is in a Rangerian carbonate limestone in the Glenogle Shales Formation of British Columbia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Peraspis kolouros Norford and Ross p. 4 figs. pl. 2 f. 1-3, 5-6, 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyCyclopygoideaRaymond 1925
familyNileidaeAngelin 1854
genusPeraspisWhittington 1965
specieskolouros

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.

Peraspis kolouros Norford and Ross 1978
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Diagnosis
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