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Leioshumardia

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Shumardiidae

Taxonomy
Leioshumardia was named by Whittington (1965) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren-l O Llvi-u Sepkoski's reference number: 726,795]. Its type is Leioshumardia minima.

It was assigned to Shumardiidae by Whittington (1965); and to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
L. minima (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Leioshumardia Whittington p. 330
2002Leioshumardia 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
familyShumardiidaeLake 1907
genusLeioshumardia

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. †Leioshumardia Whittington 1965
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Leioshumardia minima Whittington 1965
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available