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Dindymene

Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae

Taxonomy
Dindymene was named by Hawle and Corda (1847). Its type is Dindymene fridericiaugusti.

It was assigned to Dindymeninae by Owen (1981) and Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (1991); to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Encrinuridae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Dindymene Hawle and Corda
1960Cornovica Whittard
1981Dindymene Owen
1991Dindymene Kielan-Jaworowska et al.
2002Dindymene Jell and Adrain p. 367
2002Cornovica Sepkoski
2002Dindymene Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyEncrinuridaeAngelin 1854
subfamilyDindymeninaeHenningsmoen 1959
genusDindymeneHawle and Corda 1847

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. †Dindymene Hawle and Corda 1847
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Dindymene brevicaudata Kolobova 1972
Dindymene fridericiaugusti Hawle and Corda 1847
Dindymene longicaudata Kielan 1960
Dindymene megacranidia Kobayashi and Hamada 1985
Dindymene ornata Linnarsson 1869
Dindymene ovalis Weir 1959
Dindymene plasi Kielan 1960
Dindymene whittingtoni Owen and Bruton 2012
Invalid names: Cornovica Whittard 1960 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available