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Demuma nicklesi

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Bigotinidae

Taxonomy
Pruvostina nicklesi was named by Hupe (1952). Its type specimen is MNHN R. 50887, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Pruvostina, Demuma.

It was recombined as Demuma nicklesi by Özdikmen (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Pruvostina nicklesi Hupe
2009Demuma nicklesi Özdikmen p. 161

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderRedlichiinaRichter 1932
superfamilyEllipsocephaloideaLin 1990
familyBigotinidaeHupé 1953
genusDemuma
speciesnicklesi(Hupe 1952)

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.

†Demuma nicklesi Hupe 1952
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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-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2010-01-07 00:42:05
Modified: 2010-01-07 02:42:05
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available