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Taxon: Subclass †Petalopleura Hou & Bergström, 1997 (arthropod)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Arthropoda - (Class) Nektaspida

Original position

†Artiopoda (Class) Hou & Bergström, 1997

Subsequent positions

†Nektaspida (Class) Raymond, 1920 Ref: B. Mayers et al., 2019(2018)

Original entries

†Sinoburiida (Order) H. Xianguang & J. Bergström, 1997

Subsequent entries

†Cheloniellida (Order) Broili, 1933 Ref: X. Hou & J. Bergström, 1997: 112. [assumed]
†Xandarellida (Order) Chen et al., 1996 Ref: X. Hou & J. Bergström, 1997: 73. [assumed]

Current position

†Nektaspida (Class) Raymond, 1920 Ref: B. Mayers et al., 2019(2018) [new position]

Alternative positions

†Artiopoda (Subphylum) Hou & Bergström, 1997 Ref: R. Lerosey-Aubril et al., 2017: fig. 6. [inferred rank]
†Artiopoda (Class) Hou & Bergström, 1997 Ref: X. Hou & J. Bergström, 1997: 73. [new taxon]
†Trilobitomorpha ([unranked]) Størmer, 1944 Ref: J. Bergström & X.-G. Hou, 2003: fig. 4.

Historical positions

†Nektaspida (Class) Raymond, 1920 Ref: B. Mayers et al., 2019(2018) [new position]
†Artiopoda (Subphylum) Hou & Bergström, 1997 Ref: R. Lerosey-Aubril et al., 2017: fig. 6.
†Trilobitomorpha ([unranked]) Størmer, 1944 Ref: J. Bergström & X.-G. Hou, 2003: fig. 4.
†Artiopoda (Class) Hou & Bergström, 1997 Ref: X. Hou & J. Bergström, 1997: 112. [new taxon]

Number of Subtaxa

2026 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 †2o;3f;4g;4s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000 [; †2o;3f]
1997 X. Hou & J. Bergström [; †3o;4f]
1997 X. Hou & J. Bergström [; †3o;4f]
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