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Sectigena

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Ellipsocephalidae

Taxonomy
Sectigena was named by Geyer (1990) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Boto-u Sepkoski's reference number: 928]. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Sectigena Geyer
2002Sectigena Jell and Adrain p. 443
2002Sectigena Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderRedlichiinaRichter 1932
superfamilyEllipsocephaloideaLin 1990
familyEllipsocephalidaeMatthew 1887
genusSectigenaGeyer 1990

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. †Sectigena Geyer 1990
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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-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 04:00:08
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:00:08
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available