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Pelturina

Trilobita - Olenida - Olenidae

Taxonomy
Pelturina was named by Henningsmoen (1957) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Trep-u Sepkoski's reference number: 81]. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Pelturina Henningsmoen
2002Pelturina Jell and Adrain pp. 423, 475
2002Pelturina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyOlenidaeBurmeister 1843
genusPelturinaHenningsmoen 1957

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. †Pelturina Henningsmoen 1957
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available