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Houghtonites gracilis

Mollisoniida - Mollisoniidae

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

It was recombined as Houghtonites gracilis by Raymond (1931).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Mollisonia gracilis Walcott figs. pl. 24, fig. 5
1931Houghtonites gracilis Raymond p. 201
2008Mollisonia gracilis Briggs et al. p. 249

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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
genusHoughtonitesWalcott 1912
speciesgracilis(Walcott 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.

†Houghtonites gracilis Walcott 1912
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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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available