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Maotunia

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Proasaphiscidae

Taxonomy
Maotunia was named by Zhang and Jell (1987) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm m Sepkoski's reference number: ZR89]. It is not extant.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Maotunia Zhang and Jell
2002Maotunia Jell and Adrain p. 476
2002Maotunia 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
familyProasaphiscidaeZhang 1963
genusMaotuniaZhang and Jell 1987

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. †Maotunia Zhang and Jell 1987
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available