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Alokistocare althea

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Alokistocaridae

Taxonomy
Alokistocare althea was named by Walcott (1916). Its type specimen is USNM 61571-61574 and is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. euchare

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Alokistocare althea Walcott p. 184 figs. pi. 25, figs. 3, 3a, 4, 5a
1935Alokistocare althea Resser p. 6
1952Alokistocare althea Lochman pp. 114 - 115 figs. Plate 27, figures 3-8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyAlokistocaridaeResser 1939
genusAlokistocareLorenz 1906
speciesaltheaWalcott 1916

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Alokistocare althea Walcott 1916
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-02 14:41:20
Modified: 2009-06-02 16:41:20
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Delamaran to the top of the Menevian or 509.70000 to 499.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran - Menevian509.7 - 499.5Mexico Alokistocare althea (10687)