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Carinocranium cariniferum

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae

Taxonomy
Carinocranium cariniferum was named by Dean (1989). Its type specimen is GSC 62139, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC locality 92293, Outram Fm., Biozone J, Alberta, Canada - Dean 1989, which is in a Tremadoc transition zone/lower shoreface shale in the Outram Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Carinocranium.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Carinocranium cariniferum Dean p. 17 figs. Pl 1, figs. 12-16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyRaphiophoridaeAngelin 1854
subfamilyEndymioniinae(Raymond 1920)
genusCarinocranium
speciescariniferum

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.

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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: suspension feederf
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-12-13 23:10:26
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:27:49
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Tremadoc or 486.40000 to 477.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Canada (Alberta) Carinocranium cariniferum (type locality: 10930)