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Soomaspis

Nektaspidida - Naraoiidae

Taxonomy
Soomaspis was named by Fortey and Theron (1995) [Sepkoski's age data: O Ashg]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Liwiidae by Budd (1999); to Naraoiida by Sepkoski (2002); to Nektaspida by Jell and Adrain (2002); to Nektaspidida by Lerosey-Aubril et al. (2017); and to Liwiinae by Mayers et al. (2019).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Soomaspis Fortey and Theron
1999Soomaspis Budd
2002Soomaspis Jell and Adrain p. 446
2002Soomaspis Sepkoski
2017Soomaspis Lerosey-Aubril et al. p. 8
2019Soomaspis Mayers et al. pp. 33, 35

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
superclassTrilobitomorpha
orderNektaspidida(Raymond 1920)
familyNaraoiidaeWalcott 1912
subfamilyLiwiinae(Dzik and Lendzion 1988)
genusSoomaspisFortey and Theron 1995

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. †Soomaspis Fortey and Theron 1995
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available