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Westergaardia

Trilobita - Olenida - Olenidae

Taxonomy
Westergaardia was named by Raymond (1924) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Trep].

It was assigned to Trilobita by Harrington and Kay (1951); to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Olenidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Westergaardia Raymond
1951Westergardia Harrington and Kay
2002Westergaardia Jell and Adrain p. 459
2002Westergardia 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
genusWestergaardiaRaymond 1924

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. †Westergaardia Raymond 1924
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available