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Shumardia (Conophrys)

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Shumardiidae

Taxonomy
Shumardia (Conophrys) was named by Callaway (1877). Its type is Conophrys salopiensis.

It was assigned to Shumardia by Hoel (1999).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Shumardia (Conophrys) Callaway
1999Shumardia (Conophrys) Hoel

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyShumardiidaeLake 1907
genusShumardiaBillings 1862
subgenusConophrysCallaway 1877

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.

Subg. †Shumardia (Conophrys) Callaway 1877
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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
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-12-19 04:33:59
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:33:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Lancefieldian to the top of the Migneintian or 484.30000 to 478.60000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China Shumardia gaoluoensis (66805 66806 66808 66825 66826 66827)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Iran Shumardia simehensis (116496)
Migneintian485.4 - 478.6United Kingdom (Shropshire) Shumardia salopiensis (75116)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Iran Shumardia pentagonalis (66866)
Tremadocian - Floian485.4 - 470.0Norway (Oslo-Asker) Shumardia nericiensis (190971)
Tremadocian - Floian485.4 - 470.0Norway Shumardia nericiensis (190982)
Tremadocian - Floian485.4 - 470.0Norway (Modum) Shumardia nericiensis (190922 190923)
Tremadocian - Floian485.4 - 470.0Norway (Eiker-Sandsvær) Shumardia nericiensis (190881 190920)
Lancefieldian484.3 - 474.9Sweden (Dalarna) Shumardia nericiensis (190972)