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Skljarella

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Alsataspididae

Taxonomy
Skljarella was named by Petrunina (1973). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Hapalopleuridae by Bao and Jago (2000); and to Alsataspididae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species
S. cracens, S. expansa, S. hunanensis, S. sulcifera
Species lacking formal opinion data
S. marinae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Skljarella Petrunina p. 66
2000Skljarella Bao and Jago p. 906
2002Skljarella Jell and Adrain p. 446

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyAlsataspididaeTurner 1940
genusSkljarellaPetrunina 1973

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. †Skljarella Petrunina 1973
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†Skljarella cracens Fortey and Owens 1991
†Skljarella expansa Bao and Jago 2000
†Skljarella hunanensis Peng 1984
†Skljarella sulcifera Peng 1992
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: carnivorec
Created: 2009-12-13 02:52:23
Modified: 2010-01-26 06:30:18
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Payntonian to the top of the Migneintian or 489.50000 to 478.60000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Taoyuanian498.5 - 485.4China (Hunan) S. hunanensis (126670)
Taoyuanian498.5 - 485.4Russian Federation (Sakha) S. sp. (133610)
Niuchehean489.5 - 485.4China (Hunan) S. hunanensis (126671 126672) S. sulcifera (126725)
Niuchehean489.5 - 485.4Russian Federation (Sakha) S. marinae (133621 133622 133623 133624) S. merifica (133625 133626 133627 133628)
Payntonian - Datsonian489.5 - 485.4Australia (Tasmania) S. expansa (62280 62281)
Migneintian485.4 - 478.6United Kingdom (Shropshire) S. cracens (75116)