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Alokistocarella

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Alokistocaridae

Taxonomy
Alokistocarella was named by Resser (1938) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm lMid Cm uMid-u Sepkoski's reference number: 80]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Alokistocaridae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Ptychopariida by Palmer and Halley (1979) and Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Alokistocarella Resser
1979Alokistocarella Palmer and Halley p. 99
2002Alokistocarella Jell and Adrain p. 465
2002Alokistocarella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyAlokistocaridaeResser 1939
genusAlokistocarellaResser 1938

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. †Alokistocarella Resser 1938
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Alokistocarella mexicana Lochman 1952
Alokistocarella spencei Resser 1939
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: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:35:35
Modified: 2009-12-19 05:47:01
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Delamaran to the top of the Merioneth or 511.20000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (Nevada) A. sp. (149573 149574)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (Idaho) A. sp. (207) A. spencei (76096)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5USA (Idaho) A. occidens (50208)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Vermont) A. sp. (222)
Merioneth497.0 - 485.4USA (Vermont) A. sp. (217)
Merioneth497.0 - 485.4USA (Idaho) A. sp. (198)