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Sigmakainella

Trilobita - Asaphida - Remopleurididae

Taxonomy
Sigmakainella was named by Shergold (1971) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Fran-u Sepkoski's reference number: 16]. It is not extant. Its type is Sigmakainella translira.

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

Species
S. longilira, S. translira (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Sigmakainella Shergold
2002Sigmakainella Jell and Adrain pp. 445, 479
2002Sigmakainella 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
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyRemopleurididaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusSigmakainella

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. †Sigmakainella Shergold 1971
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Sigmakainella longilira Shergold 1971
Sigmakainella translira Shergold 1971
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: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektobenthicf
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-04-13 10:12:30
Modified: 2009-12-14 07:33:04
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Iverian or 494.20000 to 491.00000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Franconian - Trempealeauan497.0 - 486.85Australia (Queensland) S. sp. (198282) S. sp., S. longilira (198280) S. translira, S. longilira (198276)
Iverian494.2 - 491.0Australia (Queensland) S. primaeva (198289 198290 198291 198292) S. sp. (198284) S. translira (198279 198297 198298)