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Whittingtonia bispinosa

Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae

Taxonomy
Acidaspis bispinosus was named by McCoy (1846). It is the type species of Whittingtonia.

It was recombined as Ceratocephala bispinosa by Clarke (1892); it was corrected as Acidaspis bispinosa by Warburg (1925); it was recombined as Onychaspis bispinosus by Reed (1925); it was recombined as Whittingtonia bispinosa by Prantl and Pribyl (1949) and Bruton (1966).

Synonyms
  • Trapelocera breviloba was named by Angelin (1854).

    It was recombined as Acidaspis breviloba by WestergÄrd (1910); it was synonymized subjectively with Whittingtonia bispinosa by Bruton (1966).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Acidaspis bispinosus McCoy p. 45 figs. PI. IV, fig. 7
1854Trapelocera breviloba Angelin p. 38 figs. PI. XXII, figs. 16a
1892Ceratocephala bispinosa Clarke p. 5
1910Acidaspis breviloba WestergÄrd p. 15
1925Onychaspis bispinosus Reed p. 428
1925Acidaspis bispinosa Warburg
1949Whittingtonia bispinosa Prantl and Pribyl p. 205 figs. PI. V, fig. 7
1966Whittingtonia bispinosa Bruton

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Life
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOdontopleuridaWhittington 1959
familyOdontopleuridaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyMiraspidinaeRichter and Richter 1917
genusWhittingtoniaPrantl and Pribyl 1949
speciesbispinosa(McCoy 1846)

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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Invalid names: Trapelocera breviloba Angelin 1854 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available