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Leioscutellum

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Styginidae

Taxonomy
Leioscutellum was named by Wu (1977) [Sepkoski's age data: S Ldov-m Sepkoski's reference number: 651]. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Leioscutellum Wu
2002Leioscutellum Jell and Adrain p. 396
2002Leioscutellum Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
Life
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyStyginidaeVogdes 1890
genusLeioscutellumWu 1977

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. †Leioscutellum Wu 1977
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available