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Arctinurus boltoni

Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae

Taxonomy
Paradoxides boltoni was named by Bigsby (1825) [genus name misspelled in paper as "Paradoxus of Brongniart"]. It is not extant. It is the type species of Arctinurus.

It was recombined as Platynotus boltoni by Conrad (1838); it was recombined as Lichas boltoni by Hall (1852); it was recombined as Lichas (Oncholichas) boltoni by Schmidt (1885); it was recombined as Lichas (Pterolichas) boltoni by Gürich (1901); it was recombined as Lichas (Arctinurus) boltoni by Reed (1902); it was recombined as Arctinurus boltoni by Castelnau (1843) and Thomas and Holloway (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Paradoxides boltoni Bigsby
1838Platynotus boltoni Conrad
1843Arctinurus boltoni Castelnau
1852Lichas boltoni Hall p. 311
1885Lichas (Oncholichas) boltoni Schmidt p. 31
1901Lichas (Pterolichas) boltoni Gürich p. 528
1902Lichas (Arctinurus) boltoni Reed p. 73
1988Arctinurus boltoni Thomas and Holloway p. 192

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderLichidaMoore 1959
familyLichidaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyLichinaeHawle and Corda 1847
tribePlatylichini
genusArctinurusCastelnau 1843
speciesboltoni()

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.

†Arctinurus boltoni Bigsby 1825
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Diagnosis
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