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Phylacteridae

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Phylacteridae

Taxonomy
Phylacteridae was named by Ludvigsen and Westrop (1989) [in Westrop et al.]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Trilobita by Adrain (2011); and to Ptychopariida by Jell and Adrain (2002) and Chatterton (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Phylacteridae Ludvigsen and Westrop
2002Phylacteridae Jell and Adrain p. 476
2011Phylacteridae Adrain p. 108
2020Phylacteridae Chatterton p. 663

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyPhylacteridaeLudvigsen and Westrop 1989
familyPhylacteridaeLudvigsen and Westrop 1989

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.

Fm. †Phylacteridae Ludvigsen and Westrop 1989
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G. †Aphelotoxon Palmer 1965
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Aphelotoxon acuminata Palmer 1960
Aphelotoxon granulosus Palmer 1965
Aphelotoxon limbata Palmer 1965
Aphelotoxon lumaleasa Hohensee and Stitt 1989
Aphelotoxon marginata Palmer 1965
Aphelotoxon punctata Palmer 1965
Aphelotoxon spinosus Palmer 1965
Invalid names: Ponumia Hu 1970 [synonym]
G. †Cliffia Wilson 1951
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Cliffia lataegenae Wilson 1949
Cliffia magnacilis Hohensee and Stitt 1989
Cliffia nicoleae Chatterton 2020
G. †Drabia Wilson 1951
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Drabia acroccipita Wilson 1951
Drabia curtoccipita Wilson 1951
Drabia occidentalis Westrop 1986
Drabia typica Hu 1979
G. †Phylacterus Raymond 1924
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Invalid names: Liostracinoides Raymond 1937 [synonym]
G. †Westonaspis Rasetti 1945
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available