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Incaia

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Trinucleidae

Taxonomy
Incaia was named by Whittard (1955) [Sepkoski's age data: O Llvi-u O Llde-u]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Trinucleidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Incaia Whittard
2002Incaia Jell and Adrain p. 387
2002Incaia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyTrinucleidaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusIncaiaWhittard 1955

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. †Incaia Whittard 1955
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedg
Created: 2010-01-23 05:46:17
Modified: 2010-02-01 02:32:15
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Darriwilian to the top of the Gisbornian or 469.40000 to 452.30000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenigian477.1 - 468.0China (Hubei) I. sp. (116202)
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2Bolivia I. nordenskioeldi (145517)
Late/Upper Llanvirn461.1 - 458.2Bolivia I. kruegeri (8775) I. sp. (9105)
Late/Upper Llanvirn461.1 - 458.2Peru I. sp. (8859)
Gisbornian458.2 - 452.3New Zealand I. bishopi (63445)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5Argentina I. sp. (8776)