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Paladin (Kaskia) rarus

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Paladin (Kaskia) rarus was named by Whittington (1954). Its type specimen is USNM 116511, an exoskeleton, and it is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Paladin (Kaskia) rarus Whittington pp. 12-13 figs. pl. 1 f. 7-8, 10-35

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
subfamilyDitomopyginaeHupe 1953
genusPaladin
subgenusKaskia
speciesrarus

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.

Paladin (Kaskia) rarus Whittington 1954
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available