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Paraostenia

Thylacocephala

Taxonomy
Paraostenia was named by Secretan (1985) [Sepkoski's age data: J Call Sepkoski's reference number: 619]. It is not extant. Its type is Paraostenia voultensis.

It was assigned to Conchyliocarida by Sepkoski (2002); to Dollocarididae by Schram (2014); and to Thylacocephala by Laville et al. (2021).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Paraostenia Secretan
2002Paraostenia Sepkoski
2014Paraostenia Schram p. 353
2021Paraostenia Laville et al. p. 92

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumCrustaceaBrĂ¼nnich 1772
EucrustaceaKingsley 1894
classThylacocephalaPinna et al. 1982
genusParaosteniaSecretan 1985

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. †Paraostenia Secretan 1985
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Paraostenia voultensis Secretan 1985
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available