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Damesella

Artiopoda - Lichida - Damesellidae

Taxonomy
Damesella was named by Walcott (1905) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm mMid Cm mMid-u Sepkoski's reference number: 16,464]. It is not extant. Its type is Damesella blackwelderi.

It was assigned to Damesellidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Odontopleurida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
D. blackwelderi (syn. Cheirurus paronai) (type species), D. hunanensis, Haibowania zhuozishanensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
D. shergoldi

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Damesella Walcott
1985Haibowania Zhang
1993Haibowania Zhang and Zhou
2002Damesella Jell and Adrain p. 363
2002Damesella Sepkoski
2002Haibowania Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderLichidaMoore 1959
superfamilyDameselloideaKobayashi 1935
familyDamesellidaeKobayashi 1935
genusDamesellaWalcott 1905

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. †Damesella Walcott 1905
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†Damesella blackwelderi Walcott 1905
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Invalid names: Cheirurus paronai Airaghi 1902 [synonym]
†Damesella hunanensis Peng et al. 2004
Invalid names: Haibowania Zhang 1985 [synonym]
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: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-15 22:38:19
Modified: 2009-12-16 00:38:19
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Guzhangian to the top of the Merioneth or 500.50000 to 486.85000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
St Davids506.5 - 497.0India (Jammu) D. sp. (46472)
Wangcunian504.5 - 497.0China (Shaanxi) D. paronai (124914)
Wangcunian - Guzhangian504.5 - 497.0China (Hebei) D. sp. (129270)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China D. paronai (233819) D. sp. (233818)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Nei Mongol) Haibowania zhuozishanensis (129775 129807 130254)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Hebei) D. paronai (129584)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Shanxi) Haibowania zhuozishanensis (129810)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) D. hunanensis (49176 49178 126324) D. sp. (49181 49184)
Merioneth497.0 - 486.85India (Jammu and Kashmir) D. shergoldi (46498)