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Eolepadidae
Taxonomy
Eolepadinae was named by Buckeridge (1983). Its type is Eolepas.
It was reranked as the family Eolepadidae by Gale (2016), Gale (2019) and Chan et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Scalpellidae by Buckeridge (1983); to Scalpelliformes by Gale (2016); to Phosphatothoracica by Gale (2019); and to Eolepadomorpha by Chan et al. (2021).
It was reranked as the family Eolepadidae by Gale (2016), Gale (2019) and Chan et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Scalpellidae by Buckeridge (1983); to Scalpelliformes by Gale (2016); to Phosphatothoracica by Gale (2019); and to Eolepadomorpha by Chan et al. (2021).
Subtaxa
Eolepas (type genus), Toarcolepas
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1983 | Eolepadinae Buckeridge p. 27 |
2016 | Eolepadidae Gale p. 662 |
2019 | Eolepadidae Gale |
2021 | Eolepadidae Chan et al. |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available