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Kerfornella

Trilobita - Phacopida - Homalonotidae

Taxonomy
Kerfornella was named by Henry (1976). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Homalonotidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Kerfornella Henry
2002Kerfornella Jell and Adrain p. 392

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCalymeninaSwinnerton 1915
familyHomalonotidaeChapman 1890
genusKerfornellaHenry 1976

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.

G. †Kerfornella Henry 1976
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†Kerfornella barrandei Hammann 1983
†Kerfornella brevicaudata Deslongchamps 1825
†Kerfornella miloni Henry 1976
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult width: 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 19:54:32
Modified: 2009-12-16 01:06:20
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Dobrotivian or 461.00000 to 459.70000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Ordovician471.3 - 458.2France (Manche) K. brevicaudata (174571)
Middle Ordovician471.3 - 458.2France (Calvados) K. brevicaudata (174562 174563 174572)
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2France K. miloni (174540 174554)
Oretanian - Dobrotivian468.0 - 459.7France (Calvados) K. sp. (20886)
Oretanian - Dobrotivian468.0 - 459.7France (Manche) K. sp. (21058)
Dobrotivian461.0 - 459.7Portugal K. sp. (20932)
Dobrotivian461.0 - 459.7Spain (East Sierra Morena) K. sp. (20834)
Dobrotivian461.0 - 459.7France (Finistere) K. sp. (20872)
Dobrotivian461.0 - 459.7France (Mayenne) K. sp. (20881)
Dobrotivian461.0 - 459.7Spain (Jaén) K. brevicaudata (174657)
Dobrotivian - Berounian461.0 - 450.1France (Manche) K. sp. (20857)
Dobrotivian - Berounian461.0 - 450.1Spain (Caceres) K. sp. (20888)
Dobrotivian - Berounian461.0 - 450.1France (Calvados) K. sp. (20884)