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Prosopiscus praecox

Trilobita - Phacopida - Prosopiscidae

Taxonomy
Prosopiscus praecox was named by Fortey and Shergold (1984). Its type specimen is CPC 22762, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 071/4, which is in an Arenig shallow subtidal grainstone/sandstone in the Nora Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Prosopiscus praecox Fortey and Shergold p. 358 figs. Pl. 46, Figs. 1, 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
familyProsopiscidae
genusProsopiscusSalter 1865
speciespraecox

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.

†Prosopiscus praecox Fortey and Shergold 1984
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available