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Peltabellia lata

Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae

Discussion

Taxon questionably assigned by the author

Taxonomy
Peltabellia lata was named by Zhou and Fortey (1986). Its type specimen is NI80564, a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Location 17 Horizon 1, which is in a Tremadoc marine limestone in the Yehli Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. willistoni

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Peltabellia lata Zhou and Fortey p. 195 figs. Pl. 11, 14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
familyBathyuridaeWalcott 1886
subfamilyBathyurinaeWalcott 1886
genusPeltabellia
specieslata

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.

†Peltabellia lata Zhou and Fortey 1986
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available