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Thaleops punctata

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Illaenidae

Taxonomy
Illaenus punctatus was named by Raymond (1905). Its type specimen is CM 1278, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Nanillaenus punctatus by Shaw (1968); it was recombined as Thaleops punctata by Amati and Westrop (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Illaenus punctatus Raymond
1968Nanillaenus punctatus Shaw p. 49
2004Thaleops punctata Amati and Westrop p. 227

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyIllaenidaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusThaleopsConrad 1843
speciespunctata(Raymond 1905)

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.

Thaleops punctata Raymond 1905
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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: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-06-11 18:00:52
Modified: 2009-06-11 20:00:52
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Whiterockian to the top of the Maysvillian or 471.30000 to 449.60000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3USA (New York) Nanillaenus punctatus (102995 103014 103311)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0Canada (Nunvait) Nanillaenus punctatus (192778 192779)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) Nanillaenus punctatus (26943)