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Microscutellum

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Styginidae

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

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

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Microscutellum Snajdr
2002Microscutellum Jell and Adrain p. 407
2002Microscutellum 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
genusMicroscutellumSnajdr 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. †Microscutellum Snajdr 1960
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Microscutellum primigenium Kobayashi and Hamada 1974
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, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Ludlow to the top of the Middle Devonian or 427.40000 to 382.70000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Japan (Shikoku) M. sp., M. primigenium (188690)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Czech Republic M. hawlei, M. zippei, M. tenellum (10342)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Czech Republic (Prague) M. hawlei, M. zippei, M. tenellum (12071)
Pragian - Middle Devonian410.8 - 382.7Czech Republic M. zippei, M. tenellum (10344)
Early/Lower Frasnian383.7 - 382.4Russian Federation (Orenburgskaya Oblast) M. magnipustulum (83918)