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Meropalla

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Leiostegiidae

Taxonomy
Meropalla was named by Opik (1967) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm uMid-u Cm Dres-l Sepkoski's reference number: 16,482]. It is not extant.

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

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Meropalla Opik
2002Meropalla Jell and Adrain p. 405
2002Meropalla Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderLeiostegiinaBradley 1925
superfamilyLeiostegioideaBradley 1925
familyLeiostegiidaeBradley 1925
genusMeropallaOpik 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. †Meropalla Opik 1967
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Meropalla bella Yuan and Yin 1998
Meropalla gibbera Peng et al. 2004
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available