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Beckwithia

Aglaspidida

Taxonomy
Beckwithia was named by Resser (1931) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm uMid Cm Dres-l].

It was assigned to Beckwithiidae by Størmer (1955); to Merostomata by Sepkoski (2002); to Aglaspididae by Ortega-Hernandez et al. (2013); and to Aglaspidida by Lerosey-Aubril et al. (2017).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Beckwithia Resser
1955Beckwithia Størmer p. 14
2002Beckwithia Sepkoski
2013Beckwithia Ortega-Hernandez et al. p. 17
2017Beckwithia Lerosey-Aubril et al. p. 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
superclassVicissicaudata()
orderAglaspidida(Walcott 1911)
genusBeckwithiaResser 1931

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. †Beckwithia Resser 1931
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Beckwithia typa Resser 1931
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available