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Shumardia matchensis

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Shumardiidae

Taxonomy
Shumardia matchensis was named by Legg (1976). Its type specimen is UWA 71433, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Core 15, Matches Springs No. 1, Canning Basin, which is in a Darriwilian carbonate shale/limestone in the Goldwyer Formation of Australia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. pentagonalis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Shumardia matchensis Legg p. 3 figs. Pl. 1, fig. 28

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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
speciesmatchensis

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.

†Shumardia matchensis Legg 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available