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Pilekiinae
Taxonomy
Pilekiidae was named by Sdzuy (1955). It is not extant.
It was considered an invalid subgroup of Cheiruridae by Adrain (2011); it was reranked as the subfamily Pilekiinae by Edgecombe et al. (1999) and Perez-Peris et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Phacopida by Whittington et al. (1997) and Fortey and Bruton (2013); and to Cheiruridae by Edgecombe et al. (1999) and Perez-Peris et al. (2021).
It was considered an invalid subgroup of Cheiruridae by Adrain (2011); it was reranked as the subfamily Pilekiinae by Edgecombe et al. (1999) and Perez-Peris et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Phacopida by Whittington et al. (1997) and Fortey and Bruton (2013); and to Cheiruridae by Edgecombe et al. (1999) and Perez-Peris et al. (2021).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1955 | Pilekiidae Sdzuy |
| 1997 | Pilekiidae Whittington et al. p. 300 |
| 1999 | Pilekiinae Edgecombe et al. |
| 2013 | Pilekiidae Fortey and Bruton |
| 2021 | Pilekiinae Perez-Peris et al. pp. 859 - 860 |
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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.
Subfm. †Pilekiinae Sdzuy 1955
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G. †Anacheirurus Reed 1896
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†Anacheirurus adserai Vela and Corbacho 2007
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Invalid names: Lehua colli Vela 2007 [synonym], Lehua corbachoi Vela 2007 [synonym], Lehua iannacconnei Corbacho 2008 [synonym], Lehua ponti Vela 2007 [synonym], Lehua tahirii Corbacho 2008 [synonym], Lehua velai Corbacho 2008 [synonym]
†Anacheirurus bohemicus Ruzicka 1926
†Anacheirurus frederici Salter 1864
†Anacheirurus nanus Mergl 1984
†Anacheirurus plutonis Bulman and Rushton 1973
G. †Chashania Lu and Sun 1977
G. †Emsurina Sivov 1955
G. †Eocheirurus Rozova 1960
G. †Landyia Jell 1985
G. †Macrogrammus Whittard 1966
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†Macrogrammus pengi Edgecombe et al. 1999
†Macrogrammus rafi Edgecombe et al. 1999
G. †Parapilekia Kobayashi 1934
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†Parapilekia atecae Hammann 1971
†Parapilekia beattyana Holliday 1942
†Parapilekia ferrigena Mergl 1994
†Parapilekia jacquelinae Fortey 1980
†Parapilekia olesnaensis Růžička 1935
†Parapilekia sougyi Destombes et al. 1969
G. †Pliomeroides Harrington and Leanza 1957
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†Pliomeroides blatchfordi Legg 1976
†Pliomeroides deferrariisi Harrington 1938
G. †Pseudopliomera Lu and Qian 1978
G. †Sinoparapilekia Peng 1990
G. †Tienshihfuia Lu in Lu et al 1976
G. †Victorispina Jell 1985
G. †Yinaspis Zhang and Fan 1960
Invalid names: Sinoparapilekiini Peng 1990 [empty]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| F. Perez-Peris et al. 2021 | Cheiruridae with thoracic pleura divided into anterior and posterior bands by a deep, long (tr.) pleural furrow; broad (tr.) proximal part of thoracic pleura with fulcrum situated distally 2/3 from the axis; pygidium with at least two first pleural tergites displaying a deep pleural furrow that divide the pleura into anterior and posterior bands, as in the thoracic pleura |