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Sidneyia

Taxonomy
Sidneyia was named by Walcott (1911) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm mMid-u Cm uMid-l Sepkoski's reference number: 883].

It was assigned to Limulavida by Sepkoski (2002); to Arthropoda by Briggs et al. (1994) and Bambach et al. (2007); to Arachnomorpha by Briggs et al. (2008); and to Vicissicaudata by Lerosey-Aubril et al. (2017).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Sidneyia Walcott
1994Sidneyia Briggs et al. p. 220
2002Sidneyia Sepkoski
2007Sidneyia Bambach et al. p. S78
2008Sidneyia Briggs et al. p. 246
2017Sidneyia Lerosey-Aubril et al. p. 8 fig. 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
RankNameAuthor
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
superclassVicissicaudata()
genusSidneyiaWalcott 1911

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. †Sidneyia Walcott 1911
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Sidneyia sinica Zhang and Shu 2002
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: nektobenthicg
Diet: carnivoreg
Comments: Data from Briggs & Whittington (1985).g
Created: 2009-04-21 09:59:32
Modified: 2009-04-21 11:59:32
Source: g = genus
Reference: Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Dyeran to the top of the Delamaran or 515.30000 to 506.50000 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2USA (Pennsylvania) S. sp. (192 226192)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5Canada (British Columbia) S. inexpectans (84412 84414 84415 84416 84417 84418 84419 84421 84424 84425 84426 84427 84428 84429 84430 84431 84432 84433 84434 84435 84436 84437)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (Utah) S. sp. (77217)
Solvan510.2 - 504.5Canada (British Columbia) S. inexpectans (228554)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Canada (British Columbia) S. sp. (171308)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Canada (Brithish Columbia) S. sp. (188663)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0USA (Utah) S. sp. (80122)
St Davids509.0 - 497.0Canada (British Columbia) S. inexpectans (122094)