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Punka caecata

Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae

Taxonomy
Punka caecata was named by Fortey (1980). Its type specimen is PMO NF 243, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Punka caecata Fortey p. 73 figs. Pl. 14, figs. 1, 3, 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
familyBathyuridaeWalcott 1886
subfamilyBathyurellinaeHupe 1953
genusPunka
speciescaecata

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.

†Punka caecata Fortey 1980
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:31:34
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:31:34
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: Whiterockian or 471.30000 to 457.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3Norway (Spitsbergen) Punka caecata (106480)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3USA (Nevada) Bathyurellus sp. 4 (80054)