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Shumardia (Conophrys) salopiensis

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Shumardiidae

Taxonomy
Conophrys salopiensis was named by Callaway (1877). It is the type species of Shumardia (Conophrys).

It was recombined as Shumardia (Conophrys) salopiensis by Hoel (1999).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. pentagonalis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Shumardia (Conophrys) salopiensis Hoel

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyShumardiidaeLake 1907
genusShumardiaBillings 1862
subgenusConophrysCallaway 1877
speciessalopiensis(Callaway 1877)

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.

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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-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-12-19 04:33:59
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:33:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Migneintian or 481.10000 to 477.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Migneintian481.1 - 477.1United Kingdom (Shropshire) Shumardia salopiensis (75116)