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Jeffersonia

Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae

Taxonomy
Jeffersonia was named by Poulson (1927) [Sepkoski's age data: O Trem-u O Aren-l Sepkoski's reference number: 795]. Its type is Jeffersonia exterminata.

It was assigned to Bathyuridae by Jell and Adrain (2002); to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Bathyurinae by Fortey and Bruton (2013).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Jeffersonia Poulson
1937Bathyurina Poulsen p. 51
1968Bathyurina Whittington
2002Jeffersonia Jell and Adrain p. 389
2002Jeffersonia Sepkoski
2013Jeffersonia Fortey and Bruton

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
familyBathyuridaeWalcott 1886
subfamilyBathyurinaeWalcott 1886
genusJeffersoniaPoulson 1927

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. †Jeffersonia Poulson 1927
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Jeffersonia bridgei Heller 1954
Jeffersonia exterminata Fortey and Bruton 2013
Jeffersonia granosa Cullison 1944
Jeffersonia jenni Cullison 1944
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Invalid names: Jeffersonia angustimarginata Boyce 1989 [synonym]
Jeffersonia striagena Fortey and Bruton 2013
Jeffersonia timon Billings 1865
Jeffersonia ulrichi Loch 2007
Jeffersonia viator Fortey and Bruton 2013
Invalid names: Bathyurina Poulsen 1937 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available