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Cheloniellida
Order of arthropods (fossil) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cheloniellida is a taxon (usually referred to as an order[1][2]) of extinct Paleozoic arthropods. As of 2018,[2] 7 monotypic genera of cheloniellids had been formally described, whose fossils are found in marine strata ranging from Ordovician to Devonian in age. Cheloniellida has a controversial phylogenetic position, with previous studies associated it as either a member or relative of various fossil and extant arthropod taxa.[2] It was later accepted as a member of Vicissicaudata within Artiopoda.[3][4][5]
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Restoration of Cheloniellon | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
(unranked): | †Artiopoda |
(unranked): | †Vicissicaudata |
(unranked): | †Cheloniellida Broili, 1932 |
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