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Retamaspis melendezi

Trilobita - Phacopida - Dalmanitidae

Taxonomy
Retamaspis melendezi was named by Hammann (1972). Its type specimen is SMF 24642, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Retamaspis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Retamaspis melendezi Hammann

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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
superfamilyDalmanitoideaVogdes 1890
familyDalmanitidaeVogdes 1890
subfamilyZeliszkellinaeDelo 1935
genusRetamaspis
speciesmelendezi

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.

†Retamaspis melendezi Hammann 1972
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Diagnosis
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