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Meroperix

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Styginidae

Taxonomy
Meroperix was named by Lane (1972) [Sepkoski's age data: S Wenl-u]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Meroperixinae by Kobayashi and Hamada (1974); to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Styginidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Meroperix Lane
1974Meroperix Kobayashi and Hamada p. 68
2002Meroperix Jell and Adrain p. 405
2002Meroperix Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Life
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyStyginidaeVogdes 1890
familyScutelluidaeRichter and Richter 1955
subfamilyMeroperixinae
genusMeroperixLane 1972

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. †Meroperix Lane 1972
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available