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Heckethornia alticapitis

Artiopoda - Proetida - Dimeropygidae

Taxonomy
Psalikilopsis alticapitis was named by Young (1973) [Questionably assigned to this genus by author. Paratypes: BYU 2103-4, 2174.]. Its type specimen is BYU 2102, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is H-20, which is in a Blackhillsian open shallow subtidal grainstone in the Fillmore Formation of Utah.

It was recombined as Heckethornia alticapitis by McAdams and Adrain (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Psalikilopsis alticapitis Young p. 106 figs. Pl. 4, figs. 1-3
2009Heckethornia alticapitis McAdams and Adrain p. 902

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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
familyDimeropygidaeHupe 1953
genusHeckethornia
speciesalticapitis()

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: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2010-02-06 03:21:36
Modified: 2010-02-06 05:21:36
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004, Alvarez et al. 2008

Age range: base of the Blackhillsian to the top of the Whiterockian or 475.30000 to 457.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blackhillsian475.3 - 471.3USA (Utah) Heckethornia alticapitis (105780) Psalikilopsis alticapitis (type locality: 69261)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3USA (Utah) Heckethornia alticapitis (106370)