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Metashantungia

Trilobita - Lichida - Damesellidae

Taxonomy
Metashantungia was named by Chang (1957). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Damesellidae by Chu (1959).

Species
M. brevica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Metashantungia Chang
1959Metashantungia Chu

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderLichidaMoore 1959
superfamilyDameselloideaKobayashi 1935
familyDamesellidaeKobayashi 1935
genusMetashantungiaChang 1957

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. †Metashantungia Chang 1957
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†Metashantungia brevica Chang 1957
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available