Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Sunnaginiidae

Tommotiida - Sunnaginiidae

Taxonomy
Sunnaginiidae was named by Landing (1984). It is not extant. Its type is Sunnaginia.

It was assigned to Tommotiida by Landing (1984) and Li and Xiao (2004).

Subtaxa
Jaycea, Sunnaginia (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Sunnaginiidae Landing p. 1392
2004Sunnaginiidae Li and Xiao p. 902

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
orderTommotiida()
familySunnaginiidae
familySunnaginiidae

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. †Sunnaginiidae Landing 1984
show all | hide all
G. †Jaycea Landing 1995
G. †Sunnaginia Rozanov et al. 1969
hide
†Sunnaginia imbricata Rozanov et al. 1969
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. Landing 1984Tommotiids with a multiunit, unimembrate skeleton consisting of low, conical, morphologically variable, helical, rightand left-handed plates with sulcus; type genus with imperforate transverse partitions continuous with outer growth ridges and joined internally by prismatic layer with hollow, vertical, pillar-like structures.