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Paralejurus
Taxonomy
Paralejurus was named by Hawle and Corda (1847) [Sepkoski's age data: D Gedi D Eife-u Sepkoski's reference number: 421,1106].
It was assigned to Corynexochida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Styginidae by Jell and Adrain (2003).
It was assigned to Corynexochida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Styginidae by Jell and Adrain (2003).
Sister genera
Alceste, Ancyropyge, Arctipeltis, Australoscutellum, Bojoscutellum, Breviscutellum, Bronteopsis, Bumastus, Cekovia, Cornuscutellum, Cybantyx, Decoroscutellum, Delgadoa, Dentaloscutellum, Ekwanoscutellum, Eobronteus, Eokosovopeltis, Failleana (syn. Opsypharus), Goldillaenoides, Goldillaenus, Illaenoides, Kolihapeltis, Kosovopeltis (syn. Heptabronteus), Lamproscutellum, Ligiscus, Meitanillaenus, Meroperix, Metascutellum, Microscutellum, Opoa, Paracybantyx, Paraphillipsinella (syn. Protophillipsinella), Perischoclonus, Phillipsinella, Planiscutellum (syn. Protoscutellum), Platyscutellum, Poroscutellum, Protostygina, Pseudostygina, Radioscutellum, Raymondaspis, Rhaxeros (syn. Rhax), Scabriscutellum, Scutellum (syn. Goldius), Spiniscutellum, Stygina, Tenuipeltis, Theamataspis, Thomastus, Thysanopeltella, Thysanopeltis, Turgicephalus, Waisfeldaspis, Weberopeltis
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1847 | Paralejurus Hawle and Corda |
| 2002 | Paralejurus Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2003 | Paralejurus Jell and Adrain p. 420 |
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