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Lacunoporaspis

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Lacunoporaspis was named by Elkin (1966) [Sepkoski's age data: S Ldov-u D Eife-l Sepkoski's reference number: 421,735]. It is not extant. Its type is Lacunoporaspis contermina. It is the type genus of Lacunoporaspinae.

It was reranked as Proetus (Lacunoporaspis) by Owens (1973).

It was assigned to Lacunoporaspinae by Pillet (1972) and Pillet (1973); to Proetus by Owens (1973); to Proetidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Proetinae by Ivanova et al. (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Lacunoporaspis Elkin
1972Lacunoporaspis Pillet
1973Proetus (Lacunoporaspis) Owens
1973Lacunoporaspis Pillet
2002Lacunoporaspis Jell and Adrain p. 395
2002Lacunoporaspis Sepkoski
2009Lacunoporaspis Ivanova et al. p. 719

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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
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyProetidaeSalter 1864
subfamilyProetinaeSalter 1864
genusLacunoporaspisElkin 1966

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. †Lacunoporaspis Elkin 1966
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Lacunoporaspis antiqua Yolkin 1966
Lacunoporaspis norrisi Ormiston 1971
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available