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Schizoproetoides ellesmerensis

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Schizoproetoides ellesmerensis was named by Ormiston (1967). Its type specimen is GSC 18224, a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Blue Fiord Formation, Ellesmere and Devon Islands, which is in an Emsian shallow subtidal limestone/shale in the Blue Fiord Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Schizoproetoides ellesmerensis Ormiston pp. 115 - 116 figs. Plate XV, figures 7-9

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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
familyProetidaeSalter 1864
subfamilyDechenellinaePribyl 1946
genusSchizoproetoides
speciesellesmerensis

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:30:23
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:35:55
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Emsian or 407.60000 to 393.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Canada (Nunavut) Schizoproetoides ellesmerensis (type locality: 26640)