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Rorringtonia
Taxonomy
Rorringtonia was named by Whittard (1966). Its type is Rorringtonia flabelliformis.
It was assigned to Rorringtoniinae by Owens and Hammann (1990); to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Rorringtoniidae by Jell and Adrain (2002) and Owens (2004).
It was assigned to Rorringtoniinae by Owens and Hammann (1990); to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Rorringtoniidae by Jell and Adrain (2002) and Owens (2004).
Species
R. flabelliformis (type species), R. kennedyi, R. lenis, R. multisegmentata, R. scanica (syn. Zetaproetus michle), R. ursina, R. vetula
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1966 | Rorringtonia Whittard |
| 1970 | Analocaspis Owens |
| 1983 | Zetaproetus Snajdr |
| 1990 | Rorringtonia Owens and Hammann |
| 1993 | Chenaspis Zhou and Xiang |
| 2002 | Rorringtonia Jell and Adrain p. 440 |
| 2002 | Zetaproetus Jell and Adrain p. 463 |
| 2002 | Analocaspis Sepkoski |
| 2002 | Rorringtonia Sepkoski |
| 2004 | Rorringtonia Owens |
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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.
G. †Rorringtonia Whittard 1966
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†Rorringtonia flabelliformis Whittard 1966
†Rorringtonia kennedyi Owens 1981
†Rorringtonia lenis Owens and Hammann 1990
†Rorringtonia multisegmentata Fortey 2006
†Rorringtonia ursina Owens 1970
†Rorringtonia vetula Reed 1935
Invalid names: Analocaspis Owens 1970 [synonym], Chenaspis Zhou and Xiang 1993 [synonym], Zetaproetus Snajdr 1983 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available