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Aulacoparia (Aulacoparia) sculpta

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Aulacoparia (Aulacoparia) sculpta was named by Dean (1989). Its type specimen is GSC 62350, a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC locality 92276, Outram Fm., Biozone G, Alberta, Canada - Dean 1989, which is in a Tremadoc transition zone/lower shoreface siltstone in the Outram Formation of Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Aulacoparia (Aulacoparia) sculpta Dean p. 37 figs. Pl. 30, figs. 4, 5, 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
genusAulacoparia
subgenusAulacoparia
speciessculpta

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
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-08 11:43:24
Modified: 2009-06-08 13:43:24
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Tremadoc or 486.40000 to 477.10000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Canada (Alberta) Aulacoparia sculpta (10943 10944 10945 10946 10947 10948 10949 10950 type locality: 10951 10952 10954 10955 10956 10958)