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Exallaspis acarescola

Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae

Taxonomy
Leonaspis acarescola was named by Howells (1982). Its type specimen is GSE 5776, an exoskeleton, and it is a mold. Its type locality is Lauchlan Burn, which is in an Aeronian marine sandstone/siltstone in the Wood Burn Grits Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Exallaspis acarescola by Ramsköld and Chatterton (1991).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. whittardi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Leonaspis acarescola Howells p. 51 figs. Pl. 14, fig. 20a, b
1991Exallaspis acarescola Ramsköld and Chatterton p. 362

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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
subfamilyAcidaspidinaeSalter 1864
genusExallaspis
speciesacarescola()

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.

†Exallaspis acarescola Howells 1982
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available