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Skljarella sulcifera

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Alsataspididae

Taxonomy
Skljarella sulcifera was named by Peng (1992). It is not extant. Its type locality is Shenjiawan, unit 25, 54, which is in a Niuchehean slope limestone in the Shenjiawan Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. marinae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Skljarella sulcifera Peng

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyAlsataspididaeTurner 1940
genusSkljarellaPetrunina 1973
speciessulcifera

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.

†Skljarella sulcifera Peng 1992
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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
Created: 2009-12-13 02:52:23
Modified: 2010-01-26 06:30:18
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Niuchehean or 489.50000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Niuchehean489.5 - 485.4China (Hunan) Skljarella sulcifera (type locality: 126725)