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Chancia rasettii

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Alokistocaridae

Taxonomy
Chancia rasettii was named by Shaw (1957). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is SA-NE-9, which is in a St Davids carbonate limestone/shale in the Parker Slate Formation of Vermont.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Chancia rasettii Shaw

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyAlokistocaridaeResser 1939
genusChanciaWalcott 1924
speciesrasettii

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.

Chancia rasettii Shaw 1957
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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
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: detritivoreg
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2008-10-19 08:18:41
Modified: 2009-10-08 00:46:49
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Caron and Jackson 2008

Age range: St Davids or 509.00000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
St Davids509.0 - 497.0USA (Vermont) Chancia rasettii (type locality: 78913)