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Cybeloides spinifera

Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae

Taxonomy
Cybeloides spinifera was named by Tripp (1954). Its type specimen is A.3935a, b, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Craighead Quarry, which is in a Caradoc marine mudstone in the Craighead Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Cybeloides spinifera Tripp p. 679 figs. Pl 4, fig6a, b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyEncrinuridaeAngelin 1854
subfamilyCybelinaeHolliday 1942
genusCybeloidesSlocum 1913
speciesspinifera

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Cybeloides spinifera Tripp 1954
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Diagnosis
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