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Circulocrania

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Cyclopygidae

Taxonomy
Circulocrania was named by Fortey and Owens (1987) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren-u Sepkoski's reference number: 726]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cyclopygidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by D. van Oyen on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Circulocrania Fortey and Owens
2002Circulocrania Jell and Adrain p. 358
2002Circulocrania Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyCyclopygoideaRaymond 1925
familyCyclopygidae
genusCirculocraniaFortey and Owens 1987

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. †Circulocrania Fortey and Owens 1987
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available