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Whittingtonia whittingtoni

Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae

Taxonomy
Whittingtonia whittingtoni was named by Kielan (1960). It is not extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Whittingtonia whittingtoni Kielan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOdontopleuridaWhittington 1959
familyOdontopleuridaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyMiraspidinaeRichter and Richter 1917
genusWhittingtoniaPrantl and Pribyl 1949
specieswhittingtoniKielan 1960

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available