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Isoxys

Isoxyida - Isoxyidae

Taxonomy
Isoxys was named by Walcott (1890) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Atda-l Cm mMid-u Sepkoski's reference number: 566,781]. Its type is Isoxys chilhoweanus.

It was considered an invalid subgroup of Thylacocephala by Schram (2014).

It was assigned to Arthropoda by Williams et al. (1996), Sepkoski (2002), Bambach et al. (2007) and Briggs et al. (2008); and to Isoxyidae by Lerosey-Aubril et al. (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Isoxys Walcott
1996Isoxys Williams et al. p. 950
2002Isoxys Sepkoski
2007Isoxys Bambach et al. p. S78
2008Isoxys Briggs et al. p. 251
2020Isoxys Lerosey-Aubril et al. p. 510

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
orderIsoxyida(Simonetta and Delle Cave 1974)
familyIsoxyidaeVodges 1893
genusIsoxysWalcott 1890

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. †Isoxys Walcott 1890
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Isoxys auritus Jiang 1982
Isoxys chilhoweanus Walcott 1890
Isoxys communis Glaessner 1979
Isoxys curvirostratus Vannier and Chen 2000
Isoxys longissimus Simonetta and Delle Cave 1975
Isoxys minor Luo et al. 2008
Isoxys paradoxus Hou 1987
Isoxys volucris Williams et al. 1996
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: nektonicg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: well-developedg
Comments: "perhaps nektobenthic/pelagic" according to Williams et al. 1996g
Created: 2009-02-20 18:52:03
Modified: 2011-08-28 21:22:04
Source: g = genus
Reference: Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Atdabanian to the top of the Marjumian or 521.00000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (68 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Caerfai538.8 - 509.0Canada (Northwest Territories) I. sp. (49080)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Sakha Republic (Yakutiya)) I. zhurensis (10008)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Australia (South Australia) I. sp. (97740 97748)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Greenland (Peary Land) I. volucris (90574)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0China (Yunnan) I. auritus (86845 86847 86851 90137 90138 90151 90161 90163 90166) I. auritus, I. paradoxus (86846 90150 90494 90495) I. auritus, I. paradoxus, I. curvirostratus (68083 90165) I. sp. (86929 86930 86933 90126 90135) I. sp., I. auritus (90152) I. sp., I. auritus, I. paradoxus, I. curvirostratus (90164) I. spp., I. auritus, I. paradoxus, I. curvirostratus (10748)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0China (Ercai) I. spp., I. auritus, I. paradoxus, I. curvirostratus (10747)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0China (Guizhou) I. paradoxus, I. curvirostratus (86849)
Nangaoian521.0 - 514.0China (Yunnan) I. auritus (132328 194150 194162) I. auritus, I. curvirostratus (194140) I. auritus, I. paradoxus (194141 194143 194153 194155) I. auritus, I. paradoxus, I. curvirostratus (132327 132329 132330 194160 194161 194163)
Nangaoian521.0 - 514.0China (Guizhou) I. paradoxa (128423)
Nangaoian521.0 - 514.0China (Hubai) I. sp. (219687)
Atdabanian - Caerfai521.0 - 509.0Greenland I. volueris (9780)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Australia (South Australia) I. glaessneri, I. communis (187498) I. sp. (172620)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9China (Yunnan) I. minor (90353 90361 90364 90370) I. sp. (90357) I. wudingensis (90367)
Toyonian512.9 - 510.2Turkey (Konya) I. sp. A sensu BENGTSON 1990 (91535)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5Canada (British Columbia) I. acutangulus (84421 84422 84423 84424 84425 84426) I. acutangulus, I. longissimus (84428)
Solvan510.2 - 504.5Canada (British Columbia) I. acutangulus (228554 228555)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Canada (British Columbia) I. sp. (171308)
St Davids509.0 - 497.0Canada (British Columbia) I. sp. (122017)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Utah) I. longissimus (230682)