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Torifera

Artiopoda - Trinucleida - Alsataspididae

Taxonomy
Torifera was named by Wolfart (1974) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Dres-l]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Alsataspididae by Peng et al. (2009).

Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by D. van Oyen on 2013-04-30

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Torifera Wolfart
1987Xiangia Peng
2002Torifera Sepkoski
2009Torifera Peng et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyAlsataspididaeTurner 1940
genusToriferaWolfart 1974

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. †Torifera Wolfart 1974
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Torifera abrupta Peng et al. 2004
Torifera jelli Peng et al. 2009
Torifera paraconvexa Yang 1978
Torifera taoyuanensis Peng 1987
Torifera tuma Yang 1977
Invalid names: Xiangia Peng 1987 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available