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Thelxiope spinosa

Mollisoniida - Mollisoniidae

Taxonomy
Ecnomocaris spinosa was named by Conway Morris and Robison (1988). Its type specimen is Ecnomocaris spinosa and is a compression fossil.

It was recombined as Thelxiope spinosa by Lerosey-Aubril et al. (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Ecnomocaris spinosa Conway Morris and Robison pp. 27-30 figs. 19-20
2020Thelxiope spinosa Lerosey-Aubril et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
—Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
orderMollisoniidaLerosey-Aubril et al.
familyMollisoniidaeSimonetta and Della Cava 1975
genusThelxiope
speciesspinosa()

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.

†Thelxiope spinosa Conway Morris and Robison 1988
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available