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Schimperella kessleri

Malacostraca - Lophogastrida - Eucopiidae

Taxonomy
Schimperella kessleri was named by Bill (1914). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Saarbrücken, which is in an Aegean delta plain claystone/siltstone in the Grès à Voltzia Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Schimperella kessleri Bill p. 316 figs. Pl 16, figs 3,4
1971Schimperella kessleri Gall

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
superorderPeracaridaCalman 1904
orderLophogastridaSars 1870
familyEucopiidaeDana 1852
genusSchimperella
specieskessleri

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.

†Schimperella kessleri Bill 1914
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: omnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-02-03 08:12:00
Modified: 2010-02-04 15:07:01
Source: c = class
Reference: Aberhan 1992

Age range: Aegean or 246.70000 to 244.99000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aegean246.7 - 244.99Germany Schimperella kessleri (type locality: 226204)