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Ainiktozoon loganense

Thylacocephala

Taxonomy
Ainiktozoon loganense was named by Scourfield (1937). Its type specimen is 32, a carapace, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Jamoytius horizon. Logan Water, Lesmahagow, which is in a Telychian marine siliciclastic in the Patrick Burn Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Ainiktozoon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Ainiktozoon loganense Scourfield p. 545
2014Ainiktozoon loganense Schram p. 354

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
subphylumCrustaceaBrünnich 1772
—EucrustaceaKingsley 1894
classThylacocephalaPinna et al. 1982
genusAiniktozoonScourfield 1937
speciesloganense

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.

†Ainiktozoon loganense Scourfield 1937
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektobenthicc
Diet: omnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2009-04-21 09:54:11
Modified: 2010-02-06 06:20:58
Source: c = class
Reference: Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Telychian or 438.60000 to 432.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Telychian438.6 - 432.9United Kingdom (South Lanarkshire) Ainiktozoon loganense (type locality: 237854)