Vachonisia

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Vachonisia
Temporal range: Lower Devonian
Ventral view of Vachonisia rogeri (reconstruction)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Marrellomorpha
Order: Acercostraca
Family: Vachonisiidae
Genus: Vachonisia
Lehmann, 1956
Species:
V. rogeri
Binomial name
Vachonisia rogeri
(Lehmann, 1955)
Synonyms
  • Vachonia Lehmann, 1955
    (preoccupied)
  • Vachonia rogeri Lehmann, 1955

Vachonisia is a Devonian marrellomorph known from the Lower Devonian Hunsrück Slate.[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]

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