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Dytremacephalus granulosus

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Elviniidae

Taxonomy
Dytremacephalus granulosus was named by Palmer (1954). Its type specimen is USNM 123319, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS Coll. 11-CO, which is in a Paibian marine sandstone/limestone in the Riley Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Dytremacephalus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Dytremacephalus granulosus Palmer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyElviniidaeKobayashi 1936
genusDytremacephalus
speciesgranulosus

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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Diagnosis
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