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Mucronaspis (Songxites) mucronatus

Trilobita - Phacopida - Dalmanitidae

Taxonomy
Phacops mucronata was named by Brongniart (1822). Its type specimen is PM 066296 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Dalmanites mucronatus by Kiaer (1897); it was recombined as Dalmanitina (Mucronaspis) mucronata by Destombes (1963); it was recombined as Mucronaspis mucronatus by Lesperance (1974); it was recombined as Mucronaspis mucronata by Owen (1981); it was recombined as Mucronaspis (Songxites) mucronatus by Zhou (2012).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Phacops mucronata Brongniart
1865Phacops mucronata Brongniart
1897Dalmanites mucronatus Kiaer p. 76
1963Dalmanitina (Mucronaspis) mucronata Destombes p. 51
1964Dalmanitina malayensis Kobayashi and Hamada
1974Mucronaspis mucronatus Lesperance
1981Mucronaspis mucronata Owen p. 272
2012Mucronaspis (Songxites) mucronatus Zhou

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyDalmanitoideaVogdes 1890
familyDalmanitidaeVogdes 1890
genusMucronaspisDestombes 1963
subgenusSongxites(Lin 1981)
speciesmucronatus(Brongniart 1822)

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.

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Invalid names: Mucronaspis malayensis Kobayashi and Hamada 1964 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available