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Eurekia

Trilobita - Asaphida - Eurekiidae

Taxonomy
Eurekia was named by Walcott (1924) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Trep-l O Trem-l Sepkoski's reference number: 379].

It was assigned to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Eurekiidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Eurekia Walcott
2002Eurekia Jell and Adrain p. 375
2002Eurekia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
familyEurekiidaeHupé 1953
genusEurekiaWalcott 1924

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. †Eurekia Walcott 1924
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Eurekia apopsis Winston and Nicholls 1967
Eurekia plectocanthus Loch et al. 1993
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available