Birkenia

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Superclassis/Ordo: †Anaspida
Order: †Birkeniiformes
Family: †Birkeniidae
Genera: †Birkenia
Species: †B. elegans – †B. robusta

Name

†Birkenia Traquair, 1899

• Type species: †Birkenia elegans Traquair, 1899

References

• Traquair, R.H. 1899. Report on fossil fishes collected by the Geological Survey of Scotland in the Silurian rocks of the south of Scotland. Transactions of the Royal Society Edinburgh 39: 827-864. Reference page.