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Elliptocephala bicensis

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Wanneriidae

Taxonomy
Callavia bicensis was named by Walcott (1910). Its type specimen is USNM 56794 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Elliptocephala bicensis by Lieberman (1999).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Callavia bicensis Walcott p. 277 figs. pl. 41, figs. 9, 9
1948Callavia bicensis Rasetti p. 10 figs. pl. 2, figs. 1–3
1999Elliptocephala bicensis Lieberman pp. 59 - 60

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderOlenellina
superfamilyOlenelloidea
familyWanneriidae(Hupé 1952)
genusElliptocephala
speciesbicensis()

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.

†Elliptocephala bicensis Walcott 1910
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Diagnosis
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