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Ascionepea

Trilobita - Nepeidae

Taxonomy
Ascionepea was named by Opik (1967) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm uMid-u Cm Dres-l Sepkoski's reference number: 16,482]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Nepeidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Ascionepea Opik
2002Ascionepea Jell and Adrain p. 345
2002Ascionepea Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
familyNepeidaeWhitehouse 1939
genusAscionepeaOpik 1967

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.

G. †Ascionepea Opik 1967
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available