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Avalonia

Trilobita - Atopidae

Taxonomy
Avalonia was named by Walcott (1890) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm l]. Its type is Avalonia manuelensis.

It was assigned to Atopidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Trilobita by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
A. manuelensis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Avalonia Walcott p. 44
2002Avalonia Jell and Adrain p. 467
2002Avalonia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
familyAtopidaeHupé 1953
genusAvalonia

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. †Avalonia Walcott 1890
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Avalonia manuelensis Walcott 1890
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available