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Phacops spedeni

Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae

Taxonomy
Phacops spedeni was named by Chatterton (1971). Its type specimen is ANU 17847, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a cast. Its type locality is Chatterton Loc. A, Assemblage A, top of Receptaculites Lst, near Yass, NSW, which is in an Emsian marine lime mudstone/grainstone in the Taemas Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Phacops spedeni Chatterton p. 85 figs. Pl. 21, fig. 23

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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
familyPhacopidaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusPhacopsEmmrich 1839
speciesspedeni

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.

Phacops spedeni Chatterton 1971
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available