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Xylabion craigensis

Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Taxonomy
Ceraurinus craigensis was named by Tripp (1954). Its type specimen is A.3921a, 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. It is the type species of Xylabion.

It was recombined as Xylabion craigensis by Lane (1971).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Ceraurinus craigensis Tripp p. 675 figs. Pl. 3, fig 33
1971Xylabion craigensis Lane

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyCheiruridaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusXylabionLane 1971
speciescraigensis()

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.

†Xylabion craigensis Tripp 1954
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Diagnosis
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