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Ehmaniella burgessensis

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Alokistocaridae

Taxonomy
Ehmaniella burgessensis was named by Rasetti (1951). Its type specimen is USNM 116245 and is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. cloudensis, E. karatauica, E. tupeqarfik, E. whietei, E. cloudensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Ehmaniella burgessensis Rasetti pp. 217 - 219 figs. Plate 30, figures 9-16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyAlokistocaridaeResser 1939
genusEhmaniellaResser 1937
speciesburgessensisRasetti 1951

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.

†Ehmaniella burgessensis Rasetti 1951
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: detritivoreg
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2008-10-19 08:19:00
Modified: 2009-10-08 00:46:56
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Caron and Jackson 2008

Age range: base of the St Davids to the top of the Delamaran or 506.50000 to 505.30000 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3Canada (British Columbia) Ehmaniella burgessensis (84412 84413 84414 84415 84416 84417 84418 84419 84420 84421 84422 84423 84424 84425 84426 84427 84428 84429 84430 84431 84432 84433 84434 84435 84436 84437)
St Davids506.5 - 497.0Canada (British Columbia) Ehmaniella burgessensis (122094)