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Nepea

Trilobita - Nepeidae

Taxonomy
Nepea was named by Whitehouse (1939) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm uMid-u Sepkoski's reference number: 16,81]. It is not extant. Its type is Nepea narinosa. It is the type genus of Nepeidae.

It was assigned to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Nepeidae by Jell and Adrain (2002) and Jago et al. (2004).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Nepea Whitehouse
2002Nepea Jell and Adrain p. 411
2002Nepea Sepkoski
2004Nepea Jago et al. p. 40

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

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. †Nepea Whitehouse 1939
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Nepea delicata Jago et al. 2004
Nepea hellyeri Jago et al. 2004
Nepea narinosa Whitehouse 1939
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available