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Dubhglasina expansus

Trilobita - Harpetida - Harpetidae

Taxonomy
Australoharpes expansus was named by Jell (1985). Its type specimen is NMVP 74439, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is NMVPL184. Digger Island. Waratah Bay, which is in a Lancefieldian marine mudstone in the Digger Island Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Dubhglasina expansus by Ebach and McNamara (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Australoharpes expansus Jell p. 74 figs. Plate 27, figure 2; plate 28, figures 1-10
2002Dubhglasina expansus Ebach and McNamara pp. Table 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderHarpetida(Whittington 1959)
familyHarpetidaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusDubhglasina
speciesexpansus()

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.

Dubhglasina expansus Jell 1985
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. A. Jell 1985Alae absent; eye tubercles small, siluated level with anterior of glabella; preglabellar boss present; girder fading out just before tip of prolongation; brim wide anteriorly, tapering rapidly along relatively short prolongation; spine present on tip of prolongation.