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Bolaspidella housensis

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Menomoniidae

Taxonomy
Ptychoparia housensis was named by Walcott (1886). It is the type species of Bolaspidella.

It was recombined as Bolaspidella housensis by Palmer (1954).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Ptychoparia housensis Walcott p. 75 figs. Plate 16, figure 3
1954Bolaspidella housensis Palmer p. 75 figs. Plate 16, figure 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyMenomoniidaeWalcott 1916
genusBolaspidellaResser 1937
specieshousensis(Walcott 1886)

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.

Bolaspidella housensis Walcott 1886
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Diagnosis
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