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Leiostegium

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Leiostegiidae

Taxonomy
Leiostegium was named by Raymond (1913) [Sepkoski's age data: O Trem-l O Trem-u Sepkoski's reference number: 16,795]. Its type is Bathyurus quadratus.

It was assigned to Corynexochida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Leiostegiidae by Jell and Adrain (2002) and Fortey and Bruton (2013).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Leiostegium Raymond
1978Alloleiostegium Zhou and Zhang
2002Leiostegium Jell and Adrain p. 396
2002Leiostegium Sepkoski
2013Leiostegium Fortey and Bruton

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderLeiostegiinaBradley 1925
superfamilyLeiostegioideaBradley 1925
familyLeiostegiidaeBradley 1925
genusLeiostegiumRaymond 1913

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. †Leiostegium Raymond 1913
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Subg. †Leiostegium (Euleiostegium) Zhou and Zhan 1978
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Subg. †Leiostegium (Perischodory) Raymond 1937
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Perischodory incompertum Berg and Ross 1959
Leiostegium manitouensis Walcott 1925
Leiostegium proprium Boyce 1989
Leiostegium quadratus Billings 1860
Leiostegium spongiosum Fortey and Bruton 2013
Leiostegium tyboensis Ross 1970
Invalid names: Alloleiostegium Zhou and Zhang 1978 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available