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Sphaerocare globifrons

Artiopoda

Taxonomy
Sphaerocare globifrons was named by Harrington and Leanza (1957). It is not extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Sphaerocare globifrons Harrington and Leanza p. 226

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
genusSphaerocareHarrington and Leanza 1957
speciesglobifrons

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.

†Sphaerocare globifrons Harrington and Leanza 1957
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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: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedg
Created: 2010-01-28 07:23:20
Modified: 2010-01-28 09:23:20
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Skullrockian or 488.90000 to 483.40000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Furongian497.0 - 486.85Argentina (La Rioja) Sphaerocare globifrons (42518)
Skullrockian488.9 - 483.4Argentina (La Rioja) Sphaerocare globifrons (116138)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Argentina (Salta) Sphaerocare globifrons (116003)