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Selkirkia

Selkirkiidae

Taxonomy
Selkirkia was named by Walcott (1911) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Tojo Cm uMid-m Sepkoski's reference number: 883]. Its type is Orthotheca major. It is the type genus of Selkirkiidae.

It was assigned to Canadidae by Walcott (1911); to Selkirkiidae by Conway Morris (1977) and Conway Morris and Robison (1988); and to Priapulida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
S. columbia, S. fragilis, S. major
Species lacking formal opinion data
S. pennsylvanica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Selkirkia Walcott p. 120
1977Selkirkia Conway Morris p. 33
1988Selkirkia Conway Morris and Robison p. 24
2002Selkirkia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—CycloneuraliaAhlrichs 1995
RankNameAuthor
—Scaldiphora
phylumPriapulidaThéel 1906
—Archaeopriapulida
familySelkirkiidae
genusSelkirkia

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.

G. †Selkirkia Walcott 1911
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†Selkirkia columbia Conway Morris 1977
†Selkirkia fragilis Walcott 1911
†Selkirkia major Walcott 1908
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chiting
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: semi-infaunalg
Diet: carnivoreg
Vision: blindp
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: Data from Bambach et al (2007).g
Created: 2009-04-21 12:13:12
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:06:26
Source: g = genus, p = phylum
Reference: Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Dyeran to the top of the Menevian or 515.30000 to 499.50000 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Nangaoian521.0 - 514.0China (Hubai) S. sp. (219687)
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2USA (Nevada) S. sp. (9820)
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2USA (Pennsylvania) S. pennsylvanica (192 226194)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (Idaho) S. sp. (207) S. spencei (76096)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5Canada (British Columbia) S. columbia (84413 84414 84415 84416 84417 84418 84420 84423 84434 84436 84437) S. sp. A, S. columbia (84421) S. sp. A, S. columbia (84412 84419 84422 84424 84425 84426 84427 84428 84429 84430 84431 84432 84433 84435)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (Utah) S. spencei, S. columbia (77218) S. willoughby, S. sp. (77219)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Canada (Brithish Columbia) S. sp. (188664)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Canada (British Columbia) S. sp. (171308)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5USA (Utah) S. sp. (230681)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Utah) S. willoughbyi (230679)