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Afrops

Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae

Taxonomy
Afrops was named by Alberti (1983) [Sepkoski's age data: D Gedi , D Sieg Sepkoski's reference number: 1106]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Phacopidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Afrops Alberti
2002Afrops Jell and Adrain p. 338
2002Afrops Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyPhacopoideaHupe 1953
familyPhacopidaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusAfropsAlberti 1983

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. †Afrops Alberti 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available