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Shumardia alata

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Shumardiidae

Taxonomy
Shumardia alata was named by Robison and Pantoja-Alor (1968). Its type specimen is USNM 158934, a pygidium, and it is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. changshanensis, S. curta, S. liantangensis, S. gaoluoensis, S. pentagonalis, S. aculeata
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2007-06-09

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Shumardia alata Robison and Pantoja-Alor p. 797

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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
familyShumardiidaeLake 1907
genusShumardiaBillings 1862
speciesalata

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 alata Robison and Pantoja-Alor 1968
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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: base of the Furongian to the top of the Tremadoc or 497.00000 to 477.10000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Furongian497.0 - 486.85United Kingdom Shumardia alata (229481 229505 229508 229509 229513 229514)
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1United Kingdom Shumardia alata (229516 229518 229519 229521)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Mexico (Oaxaca) Shumardia alata (9827 9839 9841 9842 9847 9849 9851)