Vachonisia
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Vachonisia Temporal range: Lower Devonian |
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| Ventral view of Vachonisia rogeri (reconstruction) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Marrellomorpha |
| Order: | †Acercostraca |
| Family: | †Vachonisiidae |
| Genus: | †Vachonisia |
| Species: | †V. rogeri |
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Vachonisia rogeri Lehmann, 1955 |
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Vachonisia is a Devonian marrellomorph known from the Lower Devonian Hunsrück Shale. 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.
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