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Westergaardella

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Conokephalinidae

Taxonomy
Westergaardella was named by Kobayashi (1962). It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Westergaardella Kobayashi
2002Westergaardella Jell and Adrain p. 459

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyConokephalinidaeHupé 1953
genusWestergaardellaKobayashi 1962

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. †Westergaardella Kobayashi 1962
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2010-01-06 04:11:27
Modified: 2010-01-06 06:11:27
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Mayan or 504.50000 to 499.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mayan504.5 - 499.5Russian Federation (Altai (Region)) W. sp. (10060 10062)