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Leonaspis rattei

Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae

Taxonomy
Odontopleura rattei was named by Etheridge and Mitchell (1896). Its type specimen is A. M. f. 26524 [lectotype chosen by Chatterton 1971], an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Leonaspis rattei by Chatterton (1971).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Odontopleura rattei Etheridge and Mitchell p. 699
1971Leonaspis rattei Chatterton p. 90

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOdontopleuridaWhittington 1959
familyOdontopleuridaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyOdontopleurinaeBurmeister 1843
genusLeonaspisRichter and Richter 1917
speciesrattei(Etheridge and Mitchell 1896)

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.

†Leonaspis rattei Etheridge and Mitchell 1896
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Diagnosis
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