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Coronocephalus changningensis

Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae

Taxonomy
Coronocephalus changningensis was named by Zhang (1974). Its type specimen is IGP 21663, a skeleton (cranidium, hypostoma, free cheek, pygidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is ACC 262, 265. Beside road from Shuanghe to Longtou, Shuanghe., which is in a Telychian marine shale/mudstone in the Xiushan Formation of China.

It was recombined as Coronaspis changningensis by Wu (1990); it was recombined as Wuoaspis changningensis by Özdikmen (2009).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Coronocephalus changningensis Zhang p. 184 figs. pl. 85, figs 2-4, pi. 84, fig. 10
1990Coronaspis changningensis Wu
2009Wuoaspis changningensis Özdikmen p. 159

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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
genusCoronocephalusGrabau 1924
specieschangningensisZhang 1974

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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