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Vanuxemella

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Zacanthoididae

Taxonomy
Vanuxemella was named by Walcott (1916) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm lMid Sepkoski's reference number: 80]. It is not extant. Its type is Vanuxemella contracta.

It was assigned to Corynexochida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Zacanthoididae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Vanuxemella Walcott
1925Vistoia Walcott
2002Vanuxemella Jell and Adrain p. 457
2002Vanuxemella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderCorynexochinaKobayashi 1935
familyZacanthoididaeSwinnerton 1915
genusVanuxemellaWalcott 1916

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. †Vanuxemella Walcott 1916
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Vanuxemella contracta Walcott 1916
Vanuxemella idahoensis Resser 1938
Invalid names: Vistoia Walcott 1925 [synonym]
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: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 19:40:14
Modified: 2009-12-15 01:40:01
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Middle Cambrian to the top of the Merioneth or 506.50000 to 486.85000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3USA (Montana) V. contracta (225273)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3USA (Idaho) Vistoia minuta (76096) Vistoia sp. (207)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3Canada (Alberta) V. nortia (225276 225277)
Middle Cambrian506.5 - 497.0USA (Idaho) V. idahoensis (127484)
Merioneth497.0 - 486.85Canada (British Columbia) V. sp. (199)