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Retifacies

Taxonomy
Retifacies was named by Hou et al. (1989) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Atda-u Sepkoski's reference number: 859]. It is not extant. Its type is Retifacies abnormalis.

It was assigned to Merostomoidea by Sepkoski (2002); to Arthropoda by Bambach et al. (2007); to Trilobitomorpha by Ortega-Hernandez et al. (2013); and to Artiopoda by Lerosey-Aubril et al. (2017).

Species
R. abnormalis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Retifacies Hou et al.
2002Retifacies Sepkoski
2007Retifacies Bambach et al. p. S78
2013Retifacies Ortega-Hernandez et al. p. 42 fig. 6a
2017Retifacies Lerosey-Aubril et al. p. 8 fig. 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
RankNameAuthor
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
genusRetifaciesHou et al. 1989

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. †Retifacies Hou et al. 1989
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Retifacies abnormalis Hou et al. 1989
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available