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Shifangia

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Estaingiidae

Taxonomy
Shifangia was named by Chien and Yao (1974) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Boto Sepkoski's reference number: 463]. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Shifangia Chien and Yao
2002Shifangia Jell and Adrain
2002Shifangia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderRedlichiinaRichter 1932
superfamilyEllipsocephaloideaLin 1990
familyEstaingiidaeOpik 1970
genusShifangiaChien and Yao 1974

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. †Shifangia Chien and Yao 1974
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Shifangia yefanggouensis Yang et al. 1993
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available