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Gastropolus

Trilobita - Asaphida - Cyclopygidae

Taxonomy
Gastropolus was named by Whittard (1966) [Sepkoski's age data: O Llvi-l Sepkoski's reference number: 378,726]. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Gastropolus Whittard
2002Gastropolus Jell and Adrain p. 378
2002Gastropolus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyCyclopygoideaRaymond 1925
familyCyclopygidae
genusGastropolusWhittard 1966

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. †Gastropolus Whittard 1966
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available