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Walencrinuroides polypleura

Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae

Taxonomy
Encrinuroides polypleura was named by Tripp (1967). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Auchensoul, which is in a Llandeilo/Aurelucian marine limestone in the Stinchar Limestone Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Walencrinuroides polypleura by Edgecombe et al. (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Encrinuroides polypleura Tripp
1998Walencrinuroides polypleura Edgecombe et al. pp. 689, Table 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyEncrinuridaeAngelin 1854
subfamilyEncrinurinaeAngelin 1854
genusWalencrinuroides
speciespolypleura(Tripp 1967)

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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