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Pterobranchites

Pterobranchia - Cephalodiscida - Cephalodiscidae

Taxonomy
Pterobranchites is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Cephalodiscidae by Bulman (1970); and to Cephalodiscida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Pterobranchites Bulman p. V17
2002Pterobranchites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
RankNameAuthor
phylumHemichordataBateson 1885
classPterobranchiaLankester 1877
orderCephalodiscida
familyCephalodiscidaeHarmer 1905
genusPterobranchites

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
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: no hard partsp
Created: 2009-10-08 23:19:19
Modified: 2009-10-09 01:19:19
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available