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Meitania

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Taxonomy
Meitania was named by Zhang et al. (1980). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ptychopariidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Meitania Zhang et al.
1983Majiangia Lu and Qian
2002Meitania Jell and Adrain
2002Majiangia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
Life
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyPtychopariidaeMatthew 1887
genusMeitania

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. †Meitania Zhang et al. 1980
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Meitania similis Zhang et al. 1980
Meitania suni Lu 1945
G. †Parashuiyuella Yuan et al. 1997
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Parashuiyuella sinensis Yuan et al. 1997
Parashuiyuella subcylindrica Yuan et al. 1997
Invalid names: Promeitania Yuan et al. 1997 [synonym]
Invalid names: Majiangia Lu and Qian 1983 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available