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Machaeridia

Polychaeta - Phyllodocida

Taxonomy
Machaeridia was named as a class. It was considered monophyletic by Vinther et al. (2008).

It was reranked as the unranked clade Machaeridia by Parry et al. (2019).

It was assigned to Animalia by Adrain (1992); to Problematica by Sepkoski (2002); to Annelida by Vinther et al. (2008); and to Aphroditiformia by Parry et al. (2019).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Turrilepadida Pilsbry
1992Machaeridia Adrain p. 24
2002Machaeridia Sepkoski
2002Turrilepadida Sepkoski
2008Machaeridia Vinther et al.
2019Machaeridia Parry et al. p. 4 fig. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumAnnelidaLamarck 1809
RankNameAuthor
classPolychaetaGrube 1850
subclassAciculataRouse and Fauchald 1997
orderPhyllodocidaDales 1962
suborderAphroditiformiaLevinsen 1883
Machaeridia
Machaeridia

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.

Unr. †Machaeridia
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Unr. †Cuniculepadida Parry et al. 2014
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Fm. †Lepidocoleidae Clarke 1896
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G. †Lepidocoleus Faber 1886
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Lepidocoleus jamesi Hall and Whitfield 1875
Lepidocoleus kuangguoduni Gügel et al. 2017
Fm. †Turrilepadidae Clark 1896
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G. †Turrilepas Woodward 1865
Or. †Hercolepadida Dzik 1986
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G. †Aenigmatectus Hoare and Mapes 1996
G. †Hercolepas Withers 1915
Or. †Lepidocoleomorpha Schallreuter 1985
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G. †Plumulites Barrande 1872
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Plumulites australis Talent 1963
Plumulites bengtsoni Vinther et al. 2008
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Fm. †Plumulitidae Jell 1979
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Invalid names: Turrilepadida Pilsbry 1916 [invalid subgroup]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available