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Avascutellum

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Styginidae

Taxonomy
Avascutellum was named by Snajdr (1989) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm m Sepkoski's reference number: ZR90]. It is not extant.

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

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Avascutellum Snajdr
1991Ctenoscutellum Vanek et al.
2002Avascutellum Jell and Adrain p. 480
2002Avascutellum 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
genusAvascutellumSnajdr 1989

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. †Avascutellum Snajdr 1989
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Invalid names: Ctenoscutellum Vanek et al. 1991 [synonym]
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available