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Selkirkia columbia

Selkirkiimorpha - Selkirkiidae

Taxonomy
Selkirkia columbia was named by Conway Morris (1977). It is not extant. It is the type species of Selkirkia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. pennsylvanica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Selkirkia columbia Conway Morris
1988Selkirkia columbia Conway Morris and Robison
2021Selkirkia columbia Wang et al. p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
phylumScalidophora(Lemburg 1995)
RankNameAuthor
phylumPriapulidaThéel 1906
orderSelkirkiimorphaAdrianov and Malakhov 1995
familySelkirkiidae
genusSelkirkia
speciescolumbia

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.

†Selkirkia columbia Conway Morris 1977
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chiting
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: semi-infaunalg
Diet: carnivoreg
Vision: blindp
Created: 2009-04-21 12:13:12
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:06:26
Source: g = genus, p = phylum
Reference: Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Delamaran or 511.20000 to 506.50000 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (Utah) Selkirkia columbia (77218)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5Canada (British Columbia) Selkirkia columbia (84412 84413 84414 84415 84416 84417 84418 84419 84420 84421 84422 84423 84424 84425 84426 84427 84428 84429 84430 84431 84432 84433 84434 84435 84436 84437 121959)