Vachonisia
| Vachonisia Temporal range: Lower Devonian | |
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| Ventral view of Vachonisia rogeri (reconstruction) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Stem-group: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Marrellomorpha |
| Family: | †Vachonisiidae |
| Genus: | †Vachonisia |
| Binomial name | |
| Vachonisia rogeri Lehmann, 1955 | |
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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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 Band 286, Lieferung 4-6: 123–157.