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Louisella

Miskoidae

Taxonomy
Louisella is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Priapulida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Miskoidae by Conway Morris (1977), Smith (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Louisella Conway Morris
2002Louisella Sepkoski
2015Louisella Smith p. 978

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
RankNameAuthor
phylumScalidophora(Lemburg 1995)
phylumPriapulidaThéel 1906
Archaeopriapulida
familyMiskoidae
genusLouisella

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. †Louisella
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Louisella pedunculata Conway Morris 1977
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Invalid names: Miskoia pedunculata Walcott 1911 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: no hard partsp
Locomotion: slow-movingg
Life habit: deep infaunalg
Diet: carnivoreg
Vision: blindp
Comments: 625; LIFE HISTORY: deep burrowing, predator, actively motile slow according to Bambach et al. (2007).g
Created: 2009-10-08 12:05:41
Modified: 2009-10-09 00:58:26
Source: g = genus, p = phylum
Reference: Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Delamaran or 509.70000 to 505.30000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3Canada (British Columbia) L. pedunculata (84418 84422 84423 84424 84425 84428 84429 84432 84435 84436)