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Schizocoela

Taxonomy
Schizocoela is an unranked clade. It is extant.

It was assigned to Spiralia by Nielsen (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Schizocoela Nielsen p. 112 figs. Fig. 23.1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
RankNameAuthor
—Spiralia
—Schizocoela
—Schizocoela

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.

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G. †Lecathylus Weller 1925
Invalid names: Sipunculida [synonym]
Invalid names: Nemertini [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Darriwilian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 467.30000 to 145.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 458.4 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4United Kingdom (Wales) Sipuncula (NMW.2021.3 G.84 (230215)
Rhuddanian - Aeronian443.4 - 438.5USA (Iowa) Lecathylus gregarius (26860)
Wenlock - Ludlow433.4 - 423.0USA (Illinois) Lecathylus sp. (26816)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0USA (Illinois) Lecathylus gregarious (76450) Lecathylus gregarius (26861)
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5Slovenia Valvasoria carniolica (69473)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bayern) Epitrachys rugosus, Epitrachys granulatus (197361)