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Scalidophora
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| Rank | unranked clade (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Scalidophora | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 41 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 2 (4.9%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 541 - 530 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. Zrzavy, S. Mihulka, and P. Kepka, A. Bezdek, D. Tietz. 1998. Phylogeny of the Metazoa based on morphological and 18S ribosomal DNA evidence. Cladistics 14:249-285 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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 Chaetognathaphylum | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Arrow Worm | 255 | 541 Ma Cambrian | 0 Ma Extant |
| Eokinorhynchus β genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 541 Ma Cambrian | 541 Ma Cambrian | |
| Eopriapulites β genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Kinorhyncha class | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
 Loriciferaunranked clade | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 497 Ma Cambrian | 497 Ma Cambrian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 2011 | Scalidophora Edgecombe et al. p. 153 figs. Fig. 1 |
| 2015 | Scalidophora Zhang et al. p. 1 |
| 2017 | Scalidophora Harvey and Butterfield p. 1 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
