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Onchocephalus palupus

Trilobita - Antagmidae

Taxonomy
Onchocephalus palupus was named by Fritz (1968). Its type specimen is USNM 153529, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pioche Shale, Bed 2, which is in a Dyeran carbonate limestone in the Pioche Shale Formation of Nevada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. major, O. skapta, O. supramus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Onchocephalus palupus Fritz pp. 224-225 figs. Pl. 36, figs. 1-3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
familyAntagmidaeHupé 1953
genusOnchocephalusResser 1937
speciespalupus

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.

†Onchocephalus palupus Fritz 1968
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available