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Dunderbergia tennesseensis

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Elviniidae

Taxonomy
Dunderbergia tennesseensis was named by Rasetti (1965). Its type specimen is USNM 144628 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is cnw/14. Russell Gap, which is in a Steptoean carbonate limestone in the Nolichucky Formation of Tennessee.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. anyta, D. directifrons, D. nitida, D. seducta, D. varigranula
Entered
by P. Wagner on 2025-04-22; modified by P. Wagner on 2025-04-22

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Dunderbergia tennesseensis Rasetti pp. 71 - 73 figs. Plate 15, figures 1-12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyElviniidaeKobayashi 1936
genusDunderbergiaWalcott 1924
speciestennesseensis

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available