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Quinquecosta

Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae

Taxonomy
Quinquecosta was named by Tripp (1965) [Sepkoski's age data: O Llvi-u O Llde-u]. It is not extant.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Quinquecosta Tripp
1977Quinquecosta Evitt and Tripp p. 142
2002Quinquecosta Jell and Adrain p. 437
2002Quinquecosta 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
subfamilyCybelinaeHolliday 1942
genusQuinquecostaTripp 1965

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. †Quinquecosta Tripp 1965
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available