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Acidiphorus kindlei

Artiopoda - Proetida - Bathyuridae

Taxonomy
Goniotelus kindlei was named by Whittington (1963). Its type specimen is GSC 16206, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Alpha Boulder, Table Head, which is in a Whiterockian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in Canada.

It was recombined as Acidiphorus kindlei by Brett and Westrop (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Goniotelus kindlei Whittington p. 63 figs. Pl. 14, figs. 3-6
1996Acidiphorus kindlei Brett and Westrop p. 421

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
familyBathyuridaeWalcott 1886
genusAcidiphorus
specieskindlei()

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.

Acidiphorus kindlei Whittington 1963
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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: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: majorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-09 21:23:03
Modified: 2009-06-09 23:23:03
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: Whiterockian or 471.30000 to 457.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Goniotelus kindlei (type locality: 104752)