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Wanneriidae
Taxonomy
Wanneriinae was named by Hupé (1952). It was considered paraphyletic by Lieberman (1999).
It was reranked as the family Wanneriidae by Lieberman (1999) and Hollingsworth (2005).
It was assigned to Olenellidae by Harrington (1956) and Palmer and Repina (1993); and to Olenelloidea by Lieberman (1999) and Hollingsworth (2005).
It was reranked as the family Wanneriidae by Lieberman (1999) and Hollingsworth (2005).
It was assigned to Olenellidae by Harrington (1956) and Palmer and Repina (1993); and to Olenelloidea by Lieberman (1999) and Hollingsworth (2005).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1952 | Wanneriinae Hupé |
| 1956 | Wanneriinae Harrington p. 60 |
| 1993 | Wanneriinae Palmer and Repina p. 25 |
| 1999 | Wanneriidae Lieberman p. 49 |
| 2005 | Wanneriidae Hollingsworth p. 133 |
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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.
Fm. †Wanneriidae Hupé 1952
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G. †Elliptocephala Emmons 1844
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†Elliptocephala asaphoides Emmons 1844
†Elliptocephala bicensis Walcott 1910
†Elliptocephala jaredi Gapp and Lieberman 2014
†Elliptocephala laxocules Fritz 1972
†Elliptocephala logani Walcott 1910
†Elliptocephala lundgreni Moberg 1892
†Elliptocephala mediocris Poulsen 1958
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Invalid names: Elliptocephala ruginosa Poulsen 1958 [synonym], Elliptocephala subglabra Poulsen 1958 [synonym], Elliptocephala troelseni Poulsen 1958 [synonym]
†Elliptocephala mirabilis Poulsen 1958
†Elliptocephala paraoculus Fritz 1972
†Elliptocephala parvifrons Fritz 1972
†Elliptocephala praenuntius Cowie 1968
†Elliptocephala sequomalus Fritz 1972
†Elliptocephala walcotti Lieberman 1999
Invalid names: Ebenezeria Marcou 1888 [objective synonym]
G. †Wanneria Walcott 1910
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†Wanneria listeri Below 1987
†Wanneria misolensis Below 1987
†Wanneria walcottana buenaensis Cooper et al. 1952
Invalid names: Wanneria cadizensis Clark 1921 [nomen nudum]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| A. R. Palmer and L. N. Repina 1993 | Olenellidae with L4 enlarged. Posterior margin of cephalon straight or curved backward towards base of genal spine. Intergenal spine absent. Preglabellar field absent. Posterior tips of ocular lobes opposite or anterior to occipital furrow. Thorax of 17 segments, not divided into prothorax and opisthothorax; third segment unmodified; fifteenth segment bearing long axial spine. Pygidium small, subquadrate, with prominent median notch. External sculpture reticulate; polygons may have central granule. On well-preserved specimens, boundaries of polygons marked by rows of perforations on underside of exoskeleton. |