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Shumardia (Conophrys) simehensis

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Shumardiidae

Taxonomy
Shumardia (Conophrys) simehensis was named by Ghobadi Pour (2006). Its type specimen is NMET 332, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a mold.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Shumardia (Conophrys) simehensis Ghobadi Pour p. 99 figs. Fig. 3.9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyShumardiidaeLake 1907
genusShumardiaBillings 1862
subgenusConophrysCallaway 1877
speciessimehensis

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.

†Shumardia (Conophrys) simehensis Ghobadi Pour 2006
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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: blindf
Created: 2009-12-19 04:33:59
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:33:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Tremadoc or 486.40000 to 477.10000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Iran Conophrys simehensis (185918 185921 185922 185923) Shumardia simehensis (116496 116498)