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Tuzoia

Tuzoida - Tuzoiidae

Taxonomy
Tuzoia was named by Walcott (1912) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Atda-u Cm mMid-m Sepkoski's reference number: 566,883]. It is not extant. Its type is Tuzoia retifera. It is the type genus of Tuzoiidae.

It was considered an invalid subgroup of Thylacocephala by Schram (2014).

It was assigned to Phyllocarida by Chlupac and Kordule (2002); to Thylacocephala by Sepkoski (2002); and to Tuzoiidae by Vannier et al. (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Tuzoia Walcott
2002Tuzoia Chlupac and Kordule p. 167
2002Tuzoia Sepkoski
2007Tuzoia Vannier et al. p. 458

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
RankNameAuthor
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
orderTuzoidaSimonetta and Delle Cave 1975
familyTuzoiidaeRaymond 1935
genusTuzoiaWalcott 1912

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. †Tuzoia Walcott 1912
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Tuzoia australis Glaessner 1979
Tuzoia bispinosa Yuan and Zhao 1999
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Invalid names: Tuzoia magna Yuan and Zhao 1999 [synonym]
Tuzoia burgessensis Resser 1929
Tuzoia canadensis Resser 1929
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Invalid names: Tuzoia praemorsa Resser 1929 [synonym]
Tuzoia dunbari Resser 1929
Tuzoia guntheri Robison and Richards 1981
Tuzoia limba Shu 1990
Tuzoia manchuriensis Resser and Endo 1937
Tuzoia parva Walcott 1912
Tuzoia peterseni Robison and Richards 1981
Tuzoia polleni Resser 1929
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Invalid names: Tuzoia getzi Resser 1929 [synonym], Tuzoia nitida Resser and Howell 1938 [synonym], Tuzoia nodosa Resser 1929 [synonym], Tuzoia spinosa Resser 1929 [synonym], Tuzoia vermontensis Resser 1929 [synonym]
Tuzoia retifera Walcott 1912
Tuzoia sinensis Pan 1957
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available