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Orienturus

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Taxonomy
Orienturus was named by Repina (1973) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Tojo Sepkoski's reference number: 474]. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Orienturus Repina
2002Orienturus Jell and Adrain p. 415
2002Orienturus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
Life
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyPtychopariidaeMatthew 1887
genusOrienturusRepina 1973

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. †Orienturus Repina 1973
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available