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Isalaux canyonensis

Trilobita - Phacopida - Pterygometopidae

Taxonomy
Isalaux canyonensis was named by Frederickson and Pollack (1952). Its type specimen is OGM 117-1-8, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Harding Formation Trilobites, which is in a Caradoc marine shale in the Harding Formation of Colorado. It is the type species of Isalaux.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Isalaux canyonensis Frederickson and Pollack p. 643 figs. Figs. 1-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyPhacopoideaHupe 1953
familyPterygometopidaeReed 1905
subfamilyPterygometopinaeReed 1905
genusIsalaux
speciescanyonensis

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.

†Isalaux canyonensis Frederickson and Pollack 1952
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Diagnosis
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