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Peltura

Trilobita - Olenida - Olenidae

Taxonomy
Peltura was named by Agassiz (1846) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Fran-u Cm Trep-l Sepkoski's reference number: 81]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Olenidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Anthes Goldfuss
1846Peltura Agassiz
1854Anopocare Angelin
2002Peltura Jell and Adrain p. 423
2002Peltura Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyOlenidaeBurmeister 1843
genusPelturaAgassiz 1846

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. †Peltura Agassiz 1846
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Subg. †Peltura (Olenus) Hall 1859
Peltura scaraboides Wahlenberg 1821
Invalid names: Anopocare Angelin 1854 [synonym], Anthes Goldfuss 1843 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available