Proacanthocephalus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: †Trilobitomorpha
Classis: †Trilobita
Ordo: †Ptychopariida
Subordo: †Ptychopariina
Superfamilia: Ptychoparioidea

Familia: † Proasaphiscidae
Genus: Proacanthocephalus
Species (1): P. longispinus
Name

Proacanthocephalus Özdikmen, 2008 [nomen novum for Acanthocephalus Qiu, 1983]
Synonyms

Replaced synonym
Acanthocephalus Qiu in Qiu et al., 1983 [junior homonym]

References
Primary references

Özdikmen, H. 2008. Nomenclatural changes for three preoccupied Trilobites genera. Munis Entomology & Zoology 3: 317–320. PDF Reference page.
Hongan Qiu, Lu Yanhao, Zhu Zhaoling, Bi Dechang, Lin Tianrui, Zhou Zhiyi, Zhang Quanzhong, Qian Yiyuan, Ju Tianyin, Han Nairen, & Wei Xuzhe 1983: [Trilobita]. In Paleontological Atlas of East China. Part 1: Early Paleozoic. Nanjing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources. Geological Publishing House: Beijing.

Additional references

Yuan, J-l.; Zhu, X-j.; Peng, J. 2010: On the junior homonyms of trilobite genera recorded in China and their replacement names. Acta palaeontologica sinica, 49 (4): 502–510. [Publication date: 'December, 2010', sourced from first page of article]

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