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Metapilekia

Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Taxonomy
Metapilekia was named by Harrington (1938) [Sepkoski's age data: O l]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Pliomeridae by Harrington and Leanza (1957); to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002); to Pilekiidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Pilekiinae by Perez-Peris et al. (2021).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Metapilekia Harrington
1957Metapilekia Harrington and Leanza
2002Metapilekia Jell and Adrain p. 406
2002Metapilekia Sepkoski
2021Metapilekia Perez-Peris et al. p. 859

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Life
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyCheiruridaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyPilekiinae(Sdzuy 1955)
genusMetapilekiaHarrington 1938

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. †Metapilekia Harrington 1938
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Metapilekia bilirata Harrington 1938
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available