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Vachonisia

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Extinct genus of Devonian organisms

Vachonisia
Temporal range: Lower Devonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Ventral view of Vachonisia rogeri (reconstruction)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: †Marrellomorpha
Order: †Acercostraca
Family: †Vachonisiidae
Genus: †Vachonisia
Species: †V. rogeri
Binomial name
†Vachonisia rogeri
Lehmann, 1955

Vachonisia is a Devonian marrellomorph known from the Lower Devonian Hunsrück Slate. It grows in a similar fashion to the other Hunsruck marrellomorph, Mimetaster, and is closely related to the Silurian Xylokorys. It is known from 20 specimens; its whole body is covered by a shield-like carapace.

References

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. ^ 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.
Taxon identifiers
Vachonisia


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