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Eokaotaia

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Taxonomy
Eokaotaia was named by Yuan and Zhao (1994) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm lMid]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ptychopariidae by Yuan and Li (1999); and to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Eokaotaia Yuan and Zhao
1999Eokaotaia Yuan and Li
2002Eokaotaia 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
familyPtychopariidaeMatthew 1887
genusEokaotaiaYuan and Zhao 1994

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. †Eokaotaia Yuan and Zhao 1994
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Eokaotaia laoyingshanensis Yuan and Li 1999
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available