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Proliostracus

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Taxonomy
Proliostracus was named by Poulson [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Tojo Cm lMid Sepkoski's reference number: 464,475]. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Proliostracus Jell and Adrain p. 431
2002Proliostracus 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
familyPtychopariidaeMatthew 1887
genusProliostracusPoulson

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. †Proliostracus Poulson
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Proliostracus annosus Fritz 1972
Proliostracus latus Fritz 1972
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available