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Gyrometopus lineatus

Trilobita - Phacopida - Diaphanometopidae

Taxonomy
Nileus lineatus was named by Angelin (1854). Its type specimen is RM No. Ar. 15368 and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Gyrometopus.

It was recombined as Diaphanometopus lineatus by Tjernvik (1956); it was recombined as Gyrometopus lineatus by Jaanusson (1975).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Nileus lineatus Angelin p. 60 figs. Pl. 33:12
1956Diaphanometopus lineatus Tjernvik pp. 135, 279
1975Gyrometopus lineatus Jaanusson pp. 209 - 213 figs. 1-4, 5A-B

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
familyDiaphanometopidaeJaanusson 1959
genusGyrometopus
specieslineatus()

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.

†Gyrometopus lineatus Angelin 1854
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available