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Shumardia

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Shumardiidae

Taxonomy
Shumardia was named by Billings (1862) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Trep O Ashg-m Sepkoski's reference number: 2,80]. Its type is Shumardia granulosa.

It was assigned to Shumardiidae by Harrington and Leanza (1957), Robison and Pantoja-Alor (1968), Hoel (1999), Fortey and Droser (1999) and Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Shumardia Billings
1957Shumardia Harrington and Leanza
1968Shumardia Robison and Pantoja-Alor p. 797
1999Shumardia Fortey and Droser p. 191
1999Shumardia Hoel
2002Shumardia Jell and Adrain p. 445
2002Shumardia 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
familyShumardiidaeLake 1907
genusShumardiaBillings 1862

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. †Shumardia Billings 1862
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Subg. †Shumardia (Conophrys) Callaway 1877
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Subg. †Shumardia (Shumardia) Fortey and Owens 1987
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Shumardia (Shumardia) angulata Laurie and Shergold 1996
Shumardia acuticaudata Fortey 1980
Shumardia alata Robison and Pantoja-Alor 1968
Shumardia ctenata Robison and Pantoja-Alor 1968
Shumardia erquensis Kobayashi 1937
Shumardia exopthalmus Ross and Barnes 1967
Shumardia extensa Weir 1959
Shumardia granulosa Billings 1862
Shumardia lacrimosa Dean 1973
Shumardia minaretta Fortey 1980
Shumardia phalloides Fortey 1980
Shumardia sagittula Whittington 1965
Shumardia tarimuensis Zhang 1981
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available