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Lemniscea

Taxonomy
Lemniscea is an unranked clade.

It was assigned to Syndermata by Zrzavy et al. (1998).

Subtaxa
Acanthocephala, Bdelloida
Sister taxa
Bdelloida

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Lemniscea Zrzavy et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Eumetazoa
—Triploblastica
—Eutriploblastica
—Neotriploblastica
RankNameAuthor
—Paracoelomata
—Syndermata
—Lemniscea
—Lemniscea

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.

Unr. †Lemniscea
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G. †Juracanthocephalus Luo et al. 2025
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Invalid names: Bdelloida [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Callovian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 165.30000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8China (Nei Mongol) Juracanthocephalus daohugouensis (113371)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Brazil (São Paulo) Acanthocephala indet. (57000)