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Skironitella kaphira

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Skironitella kaphira was named by Hahn et al. (2003). Its type specimen is M1751a-b, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Steeden, quarry at north-western margin of the town, which is in a Chadian carbonate limestone in the Erdbach Limestone Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Skironitella.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Skironitella kaphira Hahn et al. p. 52 figs. Abb. l 9a-b,Taf.3 Fig.8a-b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
subfamilyArchegoninaeHahn and Brauckmann 1984
genusSkironitella
specieskaphira

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.

Skironitella kaphira Hahn et al. 2003
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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: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:34:58
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:34:58
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Chadian or 346.70000 to 340.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadian346.7 - 340.0Germany Skironitella kaphira (type locality: 37185)