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Matania

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Catillicephalidae

Taxonomy
Matania was named by Rasetti (1946) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Dres-l Sepkoski's reference number: 80]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Catillicephalidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Trilobita by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Matania Rasetti
2002Matania Jell and Adrain p. 403
2002Matania Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyCatillicephalidaeRaymond 1938
genusMataniaRasetti 1946

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. †Matania Rasetti 1946
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available