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Koptura

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Proasaphiscidae

Taxonomy
Koptura was named by Resser and Endo (1935) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm lMid Cm uMid Sepkoski's reference number: 472,474]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002); to Proasaphiscidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Anomocaridae by Zhou and Zhen (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Koptura Resser and Endo
2002Koptura Jell and Adrain p. 394
2002Koptura Sepkoski
2008Koptura Zhou and Zhen

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyProasaphiscidaeZhang 1963
genusKopturaResser and Endo 1935

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. †Koptura Resser and Endo 1935
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Koptura lisani Walcott 1911
Koptura temenus Lin et al. 1983
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available