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Cephalodiscidae

Pterobranchia - Cephalodiscida - Cephalodiscidae

Taxonomy

Cephalodiscidae was named by Harmer (1905). Its type is Cephalodiscus.

It was assigned to Cephalodiscida by Bulman (1970) and Maletz (2014).

Subtaxa

Aellograptus, Cephalodiscus (type genus), Eocephalodiscus, Melanostrophus, Pterobranchites

Synonyms

Eocephalodiscidae was named by Kozłowski (1949). Its type is Eocephalodiscus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Cephalodiscidae by Maletz (2014).

It was assigned to Cephalodiscida by Bulman (1970).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1905	Cephalodiscidae Harmer p. 5
1949	Eocephalodiscidae Kozłowski
1970	Cephalodiscidae Bulman p. V16
1970	Eocephalodiscidae Bulman p. V16
2014	Cephalodiscidae Maletz p. 485

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
—	Ambulacraria

Rank	Name	Author
phylum	Hemichordata	Bateson 1885
class	Pterobranchia	Lankester 1877
order	Cephalodiscida
family	Cephalodiscidae	Harmer 1905
family	Cephalodiscidae	Harmer 1905

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. †Cephalodiscidae Harmer 1905

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G. †Aellograptus

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†Aellograptus savitskyi Obut 1964

G. Cephalodiscus

G. †Melanostrophus

G. †Pterobranchites

Invalid names: Eocephalodiscidae Kozłowski 1949 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements