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Briscoia

Trilobita - Asaphida - Dikelocephalidae

Taxonomy
Briscoia was named by Walcott (1924) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Fran-u Cm Trep-u Sepkoski's reference number: 379]. It is not extant. Its type is Briscoia sinclairensis.

It was assigned to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Dikelocephalidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Briscoia Walcott
1935Parabriscoia Kobayashi
2002Briscoia Jell and Adrain p. 352
2002Briscoia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyDikelocephaloidea(Miller 1889)
familyDikelocephalidae(Miller 1889)
genusBriscoiaWalcott 1924

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.

G. †Briscoia Walcott 1924
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Briscoia angustilimba Westrop 1986
Briscoia coloradoensis Walcott 1914
Briscoia dalyi Walcott 1914
Briscoia devinei Billings 1865
Briscoia elegans Kobayashi 1935
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Invalid names: Parabriscoia stenorachis Kobayashi 1935 [synonym]
Briscoia llanoensis Winston and Nicholls 1967
Briscoia nevadensis Resser 1937
Briscoia pertransversa Lochman 1956
Briscoia schucherti Ulrich and Resser 1930
Briscoia septentrionalis Kobayashi 1935
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Invalid names: Briscoia mertiei Kobayashi 1935 [synonym], Briscoia robusta Kobayashi 1935 [synonym]
Briscoia sinclairensis Walcott 1924
Invalid names: Parabriscoia Kobayashi 1935 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available