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Palaeothea

Pycnogonida

Taxonomy
Palaeothea is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Palaeothea devonica.

It was assigned to Pycnogonida by Siveter et al. (2004); and to Pantopoda by Sepkoski (2002) and Dunlop et al. (2020).

Species
P. devonica (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Palaeothea Sepkoski
2004Palaeothea Siveter et al. p. 980
2020Palaeothea Dunlop et al. p. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
RankNameAuthor
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
classPycnogonidaLatreille 1810
genusPalaeothea

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.

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Palaeothea devonica Bergstroem et al. 1980
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available