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Otarion filmeri

Trilobita - Proetida - Otarionidae

Taxonomy
Cyphaspis filmeri was named by Mitchell (1919). Its type specimen is A. M. f. 28600 [lectotype chosen by Chatterton 1971], a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Otarion filmeri by Chatterton (1971).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Cyphaspis filmeri Mitchell p. 855
1971Otarion filmeri Chatterton p. 97

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyAulacopleuroidea(Angelin 1854)
familyOtarionidaeRichter and Richter 1926
tribeOtarioniniRichter and Richter 1926
genusOtarionZenker 1833
speciesfilmeri(Mitchell 1919)

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.

†Otarion filmeri Mitchell 1919
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Diagnosis
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