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Molaria

Artiopoda

Taxonomy
Molaria is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Arthropoda by Briggs et al. (1994), Sepkoski (2002); and to Artiopoda by Stein et al. (2011).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Molaria Briggs et al. p. 220
2002Molaria Sepkoski
2011Molaria Stein et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
RankNameAuthor
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
genusMolaria

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.

G. †Molaria
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: nektobenthicg
Diet: carnivoreg
Comments: Data from Briggs & Whittington (1985).g
Created: 2009-04-21 09:59:56
Modified: 2009-04-21 16:59:56
Source: g = genus
Reference: Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Middle Cambrian to the top of the Delamaran or 506.50000 to 505.30000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3Canada (British Columbia) M. sp. (121959) M. spinifera (84414 84417 84418 84419 84420 84422 84423 84424 84425 84426 84428 84429 84431 84432 84433 84435 84436 84437)
Middle Cambrian506.5 - 497.0Canada (British Columbia) M. sp. (171308)