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Isoxys volucris

Isoxyida - Isoxyidae

Taxonomy
Isoxys volucris was named by Williams et al. (1996). Its type specimen is MGUH 23082, a carapace (complete, open carapace), and it is a compression preserving soft parts. Its type locality is 340103. Sirius Passet, which is in an Atdabanian open shallow subtidal shale in the Buen Formation of Greenland.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
I. acutangulus, I. auratus, I. glaessneri, I. globulus, I. globulus, I. jianheensis, I. paradoxa, I. volueris, I. wudingensis, I. zhurensis
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2011-08-29

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Isoxys volucris Williams et al. p. 952 figs. fig. 5a-b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
orderIsoxyida(Simonetta and Delle Cave 1974)
familyIsoxyidaeVodges 1893
genusIsoxysWalcott 1890
speciesvolucris

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.

†Isoxys volucris Williams et al. 1996
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: nektonicg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: well-developedg
Created: 2009-02-20 18:52:03
Modified: 2011-08-28 21:22:04
Source: g = genus
Reference: Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Atdabanian or 521.00000 to 516.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Greenland (Peary Land) Isoxys volucris (type locality: 90574)