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Mollisonia symmetrica

Mollisoniida - Mollisoniidae

Taxonomy
Mollisonia symmetrica was named by Walcott (1912) [DISTRIBUTION: Middle Cambrian; North America.]. It is not a trace fossil.

Synonyms
  • Mollisonia rara was named by Walcott (1912) [DISTRIBUTION: Middle Cambrian; North America.]. It is not a trace fossil.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Mollisonia symmetrica by Briggs et al. (2008).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Mollisonia symmetrica Walcott p. 196 figs. pl. 24, fig. 3
1912Mollisonia rara Walcott p. 198 figs. pl. 24, figs. 6, 7
2008Mollisonia symmetrica Briggs et al. p. 248
2020Mollisonia symmetrica Lerosey-Aubril et al. p. 518

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
orderMollisoniidaLerosey-Aubril et al.
familyMollisoniidaeSimonetta and Della Cava 1975
genusMollisoniaWalcott 1912
speciessymmetricaWalcott 1912

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.

Mollisonia symmetrica Walcott 1912
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Invalid names: Mollisonia rara Walcott 1912 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: detritivoreg
Created: 2008-10-19 08:20:04
Modified: 2009-10-08 00:59:52
Source: g = genus
Reference: Caron and Jackson 2008

Age range: Marjumian or 504.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0USA (Utah) Mollisonia symmetrica (80122 80127)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Utah) Mollisonia symmetrica (230682)