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Halkieria mira

Aculifera - Halkieriidae

Taxonomy
Acrosquama mira was named by Qian and Xiao (1984). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Aksu-Wushi, which is in a Meishucunian marine limestone in the Yurtus Formation of China.

It was recombined as Sachites mirus by Wang et al. (1987); it was recombined as Sachites mira by Jiang (1992); it was recombined as Halkieria mira by Conway Morris and Chapman (1997).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Acrosquama mira Qian and Xiao p. 66 figs. pl. 2, figs. 1-4
1984Acrosquama mira Qian and Xiao p. 66 figs. pl. 2, figs. 1-4
1985Acrosquama glossoides Gao et al. p. 25 figs. pl. 5, figs. 5, 6
1985Acrosquama liratus Gao et al. p. 26 figs. pl. 5, figs. 3-4
1985Sachites liratus Wang et al. p. 63
1985Sachites glossoides Wang et al. p. 64
1987Sachites mirus Wang et al. p. 64
1992Sachites mira Jiang figs. figs. 5.1, 5.2
1997Halkieria mira Conway Morris and Chapman p. 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
Sachitida(He 1980)
classAculiferaBlumrich 1891
familyHalkieriidae
subfamilyHalkieriinaePoulson 1967
genusHalkieria
speciesmira()

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.

Halkieria mira Qian and Xiao 1984
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Invalid names: Sachites glossoides Gao et al. 1985 [synonym], Sachites liratus Gao et al. 1985 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteg
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: grazerg
Vision: blindg
Created: 2008-03-01 07:12:19
Modified: 2010-09-23 04:15:40
Source: g = genus
Reference: Porter 2007

Age range: base of the Tommotian to the top of the Atdabanian or 525.50000 to 516.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Meishucunian530.7 - 521.0China (Xinjiang) Acrosquama mira (type locality: 107481)
Tommotian - Atdabanian525.5 - 516.0China (Xinjiang) Halkieria mira (6814)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0China (Xinjiang) Halkieria mira (6815 7824 7825 7826 7827)