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Schmalenseeia amphionura

Artiopoda - Burlingiidae

Taxonomy
Schmalenseeia amphionura was named by Moberg (1903). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Köpingsklint, Borgholm, which is in a Merioneth marine shale in the Alum Shale Formation of Sweden.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Schmalenseeia amphionura Moberg p. 93 figs. pl. 4, figs. 1-4, 7-10
2002Schmalenseeia amphionura Ebbestad and Budd
2004Schmalenseeia amphionura Jago et al. p. 49

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
familyBurlingiidae
genusSchmalenseeiaMoberg 1903
speciesamphionuraMoberg 1903

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.

Schmalenseeia amphionura Moberg 1903
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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: well-developedf
Created: 2010-01-07 06:49:48
Modified: 2010-01-07 14:49:48
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Merioneth or 497.00000 to 486.85000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Merioneth497.0 - 486.85Sweden (Öland) Schmalenseeia amphionura (type locality: 235496)