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Fragiscutum

Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae

Taxonomy
Fragiscutum was named by Whittington and Campbell (1967) [Sepkoski's age data: S Ludl-l S Ludl-u Sepkoski's reference number: 1088]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Encrinurinae by Evitt and Tripp (1977); to Encrinuridae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Fragiscutum Whittington and Campbell
1977Fragiscutum Evitt and Tripp p. 119
2002Fragiscutum Jell and Adrain p. 376
2002Fragiscutum 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
subfamilyEncrinurinaeAngelin 1854
genusFragiscutumWhittington and Campbell 1967

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. †Fragiscutum Whittington and Campbell 1967
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available