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Eopteria

Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Eopteriidae

Taxonomy
Eopteria was named by Billings (1865) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Trep-u O Cara-l Sepkoski's reference number: 542]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Eopterioidea.

It was assigned to Rostroconchia by Pojeta et al. (1972); to Conocardioida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Eopteriidae by Miller (1889), Pojeta and Runnegar (1976), Bouchet et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Eopteria Billings
1889Eopteria Miller
1972Eopteria Pojeta et al. p. 264
1976Eopteria Pojeta and Runnegar p. 48
2002Eopteria Sepkoski
2010Eopteria Bouchet et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classRostroconchia
orderConocardiida()
superfamilyEopterioidea
familyEopteriidae
genusEopteria

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. †Eopteria Billings 1865
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Eopteria agustini Sánchez 2000
Eopteria aiteneria Popov et al. 2003
Eopteria alta Kobayashi 1933
Eopteria asiatica Kobayashi 1933
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Invalid names: Eopteria obsolata Kobayashi 1933 [synonym]
Eopteria conocardiformis Pojeta and Runnegar 1976
Eopteria crassa Thoral 1935
Eopteria flora Kobayashi 1933
Eopteria ornata Billings 1865
Eopteria richardsoni Billings 1865
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Invalid names: Eopteria typica Billings 1865 [replaced]
Eopteria struszi Pojeta et al. 1977
Eopteria trilobita Kobayashi 1934
Eopteria ventricosa Whitfield 1886
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available