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Chancia

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Alokistocaridae

Taxonomy
Chancia was named by Walcott (1924) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Tojo-u Cm mMid-u Sepkoski's reference number: 16,80].

It was assigned to Alokistocaridae by Jell and Adrain (2002); to Ptychopariida by Palmer and Halley (1979) and Sepkoski (2002); and to Arthropoda by Caron and Jackson (2008).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Chancia Walcott
1979Chancia Palmer and Halley p. 102
2002Chancia Jell and Adrain p. 356
2002Chancia Sepkoski
2008Chancia Caron and Jackson p. 226

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyAlokistocaridaeResser 1939
genusChanciaWalcott 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. †Chancia Walcott 1924
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Chancia angusta Resser 1939
Chancia maladensis Resser 1939
Chancia rasettii Shaw 1957
Chancia venusta Resser 1939
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available