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Khalfinella

Artiopoda - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Khalfinella was named by Elkin (1964) [Sepkoski's age data: D Gedi-l D Eife Sepkoski's reference number: 421,1106]. It is not extant. Its type is Proetus carinatus.

It was assigned to Lacunoporaspinae by Pillet (1972); to Proetinae by Zhou et al. (2000); to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Proetidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Khalfinella Elkin
1972Khalfinella Pillet
2000Khalfinella Zhou et al. p. 470
2002Khalfinella Jell and Adrain p. 477
2002Khalfinella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyProetidaeSalter 1864
subfamilyProetinaeSalter 1864
genusKhalfinellaElkin 1964

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. †Khalfinella Elkin 1964
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Khalfinella carinata Khalfin 1948
Khalfinella elegantula Elkin 1968
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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: Eifelian or 393.47000 to 387.95000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Uzbekistan K. carinata, K. elegantula (217135)