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Sekwiaspis

Artiopoda - Redlichiida - Redlichinidae

Taxonomy
Sekwiaspis was named by Fritz (1972) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Atda-u Sepkoski's reference number: 475]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Redlichinidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Trilobita by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Sekwiaspis Fritz
2002Sekwiaspis Jell and Adrain p. 479
2002Sekwiaspis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderRedlichiinaRichter 1932
superfamilyRedlichioideaPoulsen 1927
familyRedlichinidaeZhang and Lin 1980
genusSekwiaspisFritz 1972

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. †Sekwiaspis Fritz 1972
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Sekwiaspis artifrons Fritz 1972
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-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 08:03:59
Modified: 2009-12-19 10:03:59
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Early/Lower Cambrian or 538.80000 to 506.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cambrian538.8 - 506.5Canada (Northwest Territories) S. artifrons (156147 156152 156156)