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Lunacrania

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Missisquoiidae

Taxonomy
Lunacrania was named by Ivshin (1962) [Sepkoski's age data: O Trem-l Sepkoski's reference number: 1054]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Missisquoiidae by Fortey et al. (1982); and to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Lunacrania Ivshin
1982Lunacrania Fortey et al. p. 112
2002Lunacrania Sepkoski
2002Paranumia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderLeiostegiinaBradley 1925
superfamilyLeiostegioideaBradley 1925
familyMissisquoiidaeHupé 1953
genusLunacraniaIvshin 1962

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. †Lunacrania Ivshin 1962
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Lunacrania nasuta Winston and Nicholls 1967
Lunacrania spicata Fortey 1983
Lunacrania trisecta Kobayashi 1955
Invalid names: Paranumia [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available