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Isoteloides saxosimontis

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Isoteloides saxosimontis was named by Dean (1989) [Paratypes: GSC 62364-66, 62368-75]. Its type specimen is GSC 62367, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC locality 92309, Outram Fm., Biozone J, Alberta, Canada - Dean 1989, which is in a Tremadoc slope limestone in the Outram Formation of Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Isoteloides saxosimontis Dean p. 39 figs. Pl. 31, figs. 8, 12

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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
subfamilyIsotelinaeAngelin 1854
genusIsoteloidesRaymond 1910
speciessaxosimontis

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 11:27:56
Modified: 2009-06-08 13:27:56
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 (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Canada (Alberta) Isoteloides saxosimontis (10908 10909 10910 type locality: 10911 10917 10922 10925 10927)