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Menomonia

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Menomoniidae

Taxonomy
Menomonia was named by Walcott (1916).

It was assigned to Menomoniidae by Westrop (1992), Stitt (1998) and Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Menomonia Walcott
1952Densonella Shaw
1992Menomonia Westrop
1998Menomonia Stitt p. 1039
2002Menomonia Jell and Adrain p. 404
2002Densonella Sepkoski
2002Menomonia 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
familyMenomoniidaeWalcott 1916
genusMenomoniaWalcott 1916

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. †Menomonia Walcott 1916
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Invalid names: Densonella Shaw 1952 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available