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Shumardia sagittula

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Shumardiidae

Taxonomy
Shumardia sagittula was named by Whittington (1965). Its type specimen is GSC 18448, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Shumardia sagittula Whittington p. 330 figs. Pl. 17, figs. 1, 2, 5, 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyShumardiidaeLake 1907
genusShumardiaBillings 1862
speciessagittula

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 sagittula Whittington 1965
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Whiterockian or 470.00000 to 457.30000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chazyan470.0 - 457.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Shumardia sagittula (104861)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Shumardia sagittula (104862) Shumardia sp. (104809 104856 104857 104868)