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Nyella skapta

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Taxonomy
Ptychoparia skapta was named by Walcott (1917).

It was recombined as Antagmus skapta by Resser (1937); it was considered a nomen dubium by Lochman (1947); it was recombined as Nyella skapta by Sundberg (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Ptychoparia skapta Walcott pp. 95 - 96 figs. Plate 12, figs. 9, 9a
1937Antagmus skapta Resser p. 2
2004Nyella skapta Sundberg pp. Appendix 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyPtychopariidaeMatthew 1887
genusNyella
speciesskapta()

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.

Nyella skapta Walcott 1917
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 20:00:46
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:30:51
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Delamaran or 511.20000 to 506.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5Canada (British Columbia) Ptychoparia skapta (225278)