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Skehanos

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Solenopleuridae

Taxonomy
Skehanos was named by McMenamin (2002).

It was assigned to Agraulinae by Fletcher (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Skehanos McMenamin
2017Skehanos Fletcher pp. 207 - 210

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familySolenopleuridaeAngelin 1854
subfamilyAgraulinaeRaymond 1913
genusSkehanosMcMenamin 2002

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.

G. †Skehanos McMenamin 2002
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†Skehanos quadrangularis Whitfield 1884
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
T. P. Fletcher 2017Agraulinae with a relatively large subquadrate glabella, narrow (sag.), slightly convex, preglabellar field, conspicuously narrow (sag.) lunate cranidial anterior
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: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 04:35:04
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:35:04
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Branchian or 517.10000 to 509.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Branchian517.1 - 509.0Canada (Newfoundland) S. quadrangularis (225124 225125 225126)