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Cyamella

Trilobita - Proetida - Scharyiidae

Taxonomy
Cyamella was named by Owens and Hammann (1990) [Sepkoski's age data: O Cara-u Sepkoski's reference number: 1268]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Rorringtoniinae by Owens and Hammann (1990).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Cyamops Owens
1978Cyamops Thomas and Owens p. 76
1990Cyamella Owens and Hammann

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyScharyiidaeOsmolska 1957
subfamilyScharyiinaeOsmolska 1957
genusCyamella

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. †Cyamella Owens and Hammann 1990
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Invalid names: Cyamops Owens 1978 [replaced]
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: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2010-01-09 00:21:07
Modified: 2010-01-09 02:21:07
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Katian to the top of the Oandu or 453.00000 to 451.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Keila - Oandu453.9 - 451.8Sweden (Ă–land) Cyamops sp. (161462)
Katian453.0 - 445.2Sweden (Dalarna) Cyamops stensioei (89486)
Katian - Hirnantian453.0 - 443.4Sweden (Dalarne) Cyamops stensioei (73413)