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Shumardia erquensis

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Shumardiidae

Taxonomy
Shumardia erquensis was named by Kobayashi (1937). It is not extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. changshanensis, S. curta, S. liantangensis, S. gaoluoensis, S. pentagonalis, S. aculeata
Entered
by S. Kolbe (authorized by A. Miller) on 2011-09-06

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Shumardia erquensis Kobayashi
1957Shumardia erquensis Harrington and Leanza

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyShumardiidaeLake 1907
genusShumardiaBillings 1862
specieserquensisKobayashi 1937

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 erquensis Kobayashi 1937
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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: Skullrockian or 488.90000 to 483.40000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Furongian497.0 - 486.85Argentina (La Rioja) Shumardia erquensis (42518)
Furongian497.0 - 486.85Argentina Shumardia erquensis (223798)
Stage 10 - Tremadoc491.0 - 477.1Argentina (Jujuy) Shumardia erquensis (115683)
Skullrockian488.9 - 483.4Argentina (La Rioja) Shumardia erquensis (116138)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Argentina (La Rioja) Shumardia erquensis (116139)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Argentina (Salta) Shumardia erquensis (116003 116043)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Argentina (Jujuy) Shumardia erquensis (9066 115582 115651 115652)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Bolivia Shumardia erquensis (8804)
Lancefieldian484.3 - 474.9Australia (Victoria) Shumardia erquensis (165725)