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Breviscutellum

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Styginidae

Taxonomy
Breviscutellum was named by Snajdr (1960) [Sepkoski's age data: D Sieg D Eife Sepkoski's reference number: 421,1106]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Styginidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Corynexochida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Breviscutellum Snajdr
2002Breviscutellum Jell and Adrain p. 352
2002Breviscutellum Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyStyginidaeVogdes 1890
genusBreviscutellumSnajdr 1960

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. †Breviscutellum Snajdr 1960
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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: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-14 23:37:50
Modified: 2009-12-15 01:37:50
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Pragian or 410.80000 to 407.60000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Helderbergian - Emsian419.2 - 393.3Austria B. sp. (26203)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Morocco B. inerme (27042 27062) B. inerme, B. tiddasense (27061)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Russian Federation (Sverdlovskaya Oblast) B. sp. (81750)