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Damesella blackwelderi

Artiopoda - Lichida - Damesellidae

Taxonomy
Damesella blackwelderi was named by Walcott (1905). It is not extant. It is the type species of Damesella.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
  • Cheirurus paronai was named by Airaghi (1902). It is not extant.

    It was recombined as Damesella paronai by Koayashi (1941); it was synonymized subjectively with Damesella blackwelderi by Zhou and Zhen (2008).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Cheirurus paronai Airaghi
1905Damesella blackwelderi Walcott
1941Damesella paronai Koayashi

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderLichidaMoore 1959
superfamilyDameselloideaKobayashi 1935
familyDamesellidaeKobayashi 1935
genusDamesellaWalcott 1905
speciesblackwelderiWalcott 1905

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.

Damesella blackwelderi Walcott 1905
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Invalid names: Cheirurus paronai Airaghi 1902 [synonym]
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: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-15 22:38:19
Modified: 2009-12-16 00:38:19
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Guzhangian or 500.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wangcunian504.5 - 497.0China (Shaanxi) Damesella paronai (124914)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Hebei) Damesella paronai (129584)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China Damesella paronai (233819)