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Towapteria
Taxonomy
Towapteria was named by Nakazawa and Newell (1968) [Sepkoski's age data: P Sakm Tr Indu Sepkoski's reference number: 157]. Its type is Towapteria nipponica.
It was assigned to Bakevellidae by Fang (1987); to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Bakevelliidae by Waller and Stanley (2005) and Ros-Franch et al. (2014).
It was assigned to Bakevellidae by Fang (1987); to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Bakevelliidae by Waller and Stanley (2005) and Ros-Franch et al. (2014).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1968 | Towapteria Nakazawa and Newell p. 58 |
| 1980 | Towapteria radiocostata Xu p. 8 |
| 1980 | Towapteria equicosta Xu and Chang p. 10 |
| 1980 | Towapteria minima Xu and Chang p. 10 |
| 1987 | Towapteria Fang p. 370 |
| 2002 | Towapteria Sepkoski |
| 2005 | Towapteria Waller and Stanley |
| 2014 | Towapteria Ros-Franch et al. |
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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. †Towapteria Nakazawa and Newell 1968
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†Towapteria guangxingensis Liang 1980
†Towapteria guizhouensis Yin and Gan 1978
†Towapteria nipponica Nakazawa and Newell 1968
†Towapteria peracuta Stache 1878
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Invalid names: Avicula (Oxytoma) silveri Gortani 1906 [synonym], Avicula (Oxytoma) waehneri Kittl 1903 [synonym]
†Towapteria scythica Wirth 1936
Invalid names: Towapteria equicosta Xu and Chang 1980 [nomen nudum], Towapteria minima Xu and Chang 1980 [nomen nudum], Towapteria radiocostata Xu 1980 [nomen nudum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available