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Variopelta brevicervicata

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Taxonomy
Variopelta brevicervicata was named by Fritz (1991). Its type specimen is GSC 91723, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a mold. Its type locality is Collection 90653, which is in a Dyeran marine shale/limestone in the Illtyd Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Variopelta brevicervicata Fritz p. 35 figs. Pl. 2, figs. 11,12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyPtychopariidaeMatthew 1887
genusVariopeltaFritz 1972
speciesbrevicervicata

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
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