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Shielia multispinata

Agnatha - Loganelliformes - Loganelliidae

Taxonomy
Shielia multispinata was named by Marss and Karatajute-Talimaa (2002). Its type specimen is Pi 6803, a dermal scale, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Strojnaya River, October Revolution Island [Samojlovich Fm], which is in a Wenlock marine horizon in the Samojlovich Formation of the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Shielia multispinata Marss and Karatajute-Talimaa pp. 389-390 figs. figs. 6C-F, 7A-S

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
classAgnathaCope 1889
orderLoganelliformes
familyLoganelliidae(Karatajute-Talimaa 1997)
genusShielia
speciesmultispinata

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.

†Shielia multispinata Marss and Karatajute-Talimaa 2002
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2009-12-09 04:57:12
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:08:06
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: Wenlock or 433.40000 to 427.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Russian Federation Shielia multispinata (type locality: 90399)