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Anadesma shallopensis

Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae

Taxonomy
Amphilichas shallopensis was named by Twenhofel (1928). Its type specimen is GSC 2546, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Crique de la Chaloupe, which is in a Telychian carbonate limestone/shale in the Jupiter Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Anadesma.

It was recombined as Arctinurus shallopensis by Chatterton and Ludvigsen (2004); it was recombined as Anadesma shallopensis by Holloway (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Lichas canadensis Billings
1928Amphilichas canadensis Twenhofel
1928Amphilichas shallopensis Twenhofel p. 328 figs. pl. 57, fig. 6
1939Amphilichas anticostiensis Northrop
2004Arctinurus anticostiensis Chatterton and Ludvigsen p. 25
2004Arctinurus shallopensis Chatterton and Ludvigsen p. 26
2021Anadesma shallopensis Holloway p. 75

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderLichidaMoore 1959
familyLichidaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyLichinaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusAnadesma
speciesshallopensis()

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.

Anadesma shallopensis Twenhofel 1928
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Invalid names: Anadesma anticostiensis Northrop 1939 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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