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Degamella

Trilobita - Asaphida - Cyclopygidae

Taxonomy
Degamella was named by Marek (1961) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren-u O Ashg-m Sepkoski's reference number: 726,1066]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cyclopygidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
D. famatinensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Degamella Marek
2002Degamella Jell and Adrain p. 364
2002Degamella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyCyclopygoideaRaymond 1925
familyCyclopygidae
genusDegamellaMarek 1961

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. †Degamella Marek 1961
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektonicg
Diet: microcarnivoreg
Vision: well-developedf
Comments: "pelagic" and probably fed on "zooplankton"g
Created: 2012-08-27 22:31:24
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:31:24
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Arenig to the top of the Rawtheyan or 478.60000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Argentina D. famatinensis (66205)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0United Kingdom (England) D. sp. (3704)
Early/Lower Llanvirn468.0 - 461.1United Kingdom (Wales) D. sp. A (69844)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4Czech Republic (Prague) D. sp. (76458)
Sarka466.0 - 466.0Czech Republic D. sp. (3857)
Late/Upper Llanvirn463.5 - 460.9United Kingdom (Wales) D. sp. B (69768)
Dobrotivian459.0 - 457.9Czech Republic (Central Bohemia) D. princeps (192908)
Dobrotivian459.0 - 457.9Czech Republic D. princeps (3859)
Dobrotivian459.0 - 457.9Morocco D. sp. (20999)
Kralodvorian - Rawtheyan449.8 - 445.2Czech Republic D. sp. (3875)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (England) D. sp. (3681)