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Brianurus jeffersoni

Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae

Taxonomy
Briania jeffersoni was named by Edgecombe (1994) [Figure 2.2]. Its type specimen is UA 9301 (fixigena) and is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is AV1 336, Whittaker Fm., Mackenzie Mts., which is in a Telychian offshore shelf limestone/shale in the Whittaker Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Brianurus, Briania.

It was recombined as Brianurus jeffersoni by Edgecombe and Fortey (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Briania jeffersoni Edgecombe pp. 827-828 figs. 2.1-2.16, 3.1-3.4?, 3.5-3.22
1995Brianurus jeffersoni Edgecombe and Fortey p. 615

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyEncrinuridaeAngelin 1854
subfamilyEncrinurinaeAngelin 1854
genusBrianurus
speciesjeffersoni()

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.

†Brianurus jeffersoni Edgecombe 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available