Vachonisia
Vachonisia Temporal range:
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Ventral view of Vachonisia rogeri (reconstruction) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | †Marrellomorpha |
Order: | † |
Family: | † |
Genus: | †Vachonisia |
Species: | †V. rogeri
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Binomial name | |
†Vachonisia rogeri Lehmann, 1955
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Vachonisia is a Devonian marrellomorph known from the Lower Devonian Hunsrück Shale.[1] It grows in a similar fashion to the other Hunsruck marrellomorph, Mimetaster,[2] and is closely related to the Silurian Xylokorys.[3] It is known from 20 specimens; its whole body is covered by a shield-like carapace.[3]
References[]
- ^ Stürmer, W; Bergström, J (1976). "The arthropods Mimetaster and Vachonisia from the Devonian Hunsrück Shale". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 50 (1): 78–111. doi:10.1007/bf03001974.
- ^ Kühl, G.; Rust, J. (2010). "Re-investigation of Mimetaster hexagonalis: a marrellomorph arthropod from the Lower Devonian Hunsrück Slate (Germany)". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 84: 397. doi:10.1007/s12542-009-0049-x.
- ^ a b Kühl, Gabriele; Bergström, Jan; Rust, Jes (2008). "Morphology,Paleobiology and Phylogenetic Position of Vachonisia rogeri (Arthropoda) from the Lower Devonian Hunsrück Slate (Germany)". Palaeontographica Abteilung A. 286: 123–157. doi:10.1127/pala/286/2008/123.
Categories:
- Devonian animals
- Prehistoric arthropod genera
- Fossils of Germany
- Hunsrück Slate fossils
- Marrellomorpha
- Prehistoric arthropod stubs