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Kerfornella brevicaudata

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Homalonotidae

Taxonomy
Asaphus brevicaudatus was named by Deslongchamps (1825) [Néotype]. It is not extant. Its type specimen is LGC 720, a cephalon/head.

It was recombined as Plaesiacomia brevicaudata by Deslongchamps (1825) and Tromelin (1877); it was recombined as Kerfornella brevicaudata by Henry (1976).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Plaesiacomia brevicaudata Deslongchamps
1877Plaesiacomia brevicaudata Tromelin
1976Kerfornella brevicaudata Henry

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCalymeninaSwinnerton 1915
familyHomalonotidaeChapman 1890
genusKerfornellaHenry 1976
speciesbrevicaudata(Deslongchamps 1825)

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.

Kerfornella brevicaudata Deslongchamps 1825
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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 width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 19:54:32
Modified: 2009-12-16 01:06:20
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Dobrotivian or 461.00000 to 459.70000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Ordovician471.3 - 458.2France (Calvados) Kerfornella brevicaudata (174562 174563 174572)
Middle Ordovician471.3 - 458.2France (Manche) Kerfornella brevicaudata (174571)
Dobrotivian461.0 - 459.7Spain (Jaén) Kerfornella brevicaudata (174657)