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Phylacterus

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Phylacteridae

Taxonomy
Phylacterus was named by Raymond (1924) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Trep]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Trilobita by Sepkoski (2002); and to Phylacteridae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Phylacterus Raymond
1937Liostracinoides Raymond
2002Phylacterus Jell and Adrain p. 425
2002Liostracinoides Sepkoski
2002Phylacterus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyPhylacteridaeLudvigsen and Westrop 1989
genusPhylacterusRaymond 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. †Phylacterus Raymond 1924
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Invalid names: Liostracinoides Raymond 1937 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available