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Geotriidae

Petromyzontida - Petromyzontiformes - Geotriidae

Taxonomy
Geotriidae was named by Gill (1893). It is extant.

It was assigned to Hyperoartia by Jordan (1963); and to Petromyzontiformes by Nelson et al. (2016), van der Laan (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Geotriidae Gill
1963Geotriidae Jordan p. 583
2016Geotriidae Nelson et al. p. 25
2019Geotriidae van der Laan p. 15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassCyclostomataRichards
classPetromyzontidaBonaparte 1831
orderPetromyzontiformesBerg 1940
familyGeotriidaeGill 1893
familyGeotriidaeGill 1893

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.

Fm. Geotriidae Gill 1893
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G. Caragola Gray 1851
G. Chilopterus Philippi 1858
G. Exomegas Burmeister 1868
G. Geotria Gray 1851
G. Macropthalmia Plate 1897
G. Neomordacia Castelnau 1872
G. Thysanochilus Philippi 1857
G. Velasia Gray 1851
G. Yarra Castelnau 1872
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 15:11:50
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:11:50
Source: subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available