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Skeemella
Taxonomy
Skeemella was named by Briggs et al. (2005). Its type is Skeemella clavula.
It was assigned to Vetulicolida by Briggs et al. (2005).
It was assigned to Vetulicolida by Briggs et al. (2005).
Species
S. clavula (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2005 | Skeemella Briggs et al. p. 682 figs. Fig. 1 |
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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.
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| D. E. Briggs et al. 2005 | Bipartite, cuticularized body. Short wide head shield-like anterior region divided longitudinally, with straight dorsal margin, curving ventral margin, and made up of nine segments separated by thinner membranes. Narrow vermiform posterior region of 43 segments, ter- gites separated by flexible membranes, terminating in an elongate unsegmented flattened structure that projected posteriorly into two spines. |
Measurements
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| References: Bambach et al. 2007, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: Middle Cambrian or 509.00000 to 497.00000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Cambrian | USA (Utah) | S. clavula (213114) |