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Schimperella acanthocercus

Malacostraca - Lophogastrida - Eucopiidae

Taxonomy
Schimperella acanthocercus was named by Taylor et al. (2001). Its type specimen is NIGP 126357, a carapace, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Dahai village, Dingxiao town, Xingyi County, which is in a Longobardian marine limestone in the Falang Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Schimperella acanthocercus Taylor et al. p. 311 figs. 2-6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
superorderPeracaridaCalman 1904
orderLophogastridaSars 1870
familyEucopiidaeDana 1852
genusSchimperella
speciesacanthocercus

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.

†Schimperella acanthocercus Taylor et al. 2001
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available