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Inglefieldia

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Alokistocaridae

Taxonomy
Inglefieldia was named by Poulson (1927) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Tojo-l Cm lMid Sepkoski's reference number: 81,462]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Corynexochidae by Resser (1936); to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Alokistocaridae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Inglefieldia Poulson
1936Inglefieldia Resser p. 24
2002Inglefieldia Jell and Adrain p. 388
2002Inglefieldia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyAlokistocaridaeResser 1939
genusInglefieldiaPoulson 1927

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. †Inglefieldia Poulson 1927
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Inglefieldia affinis Poulsen 1927
Inglefieldia imperfecta Lochman 1952
Inglefieldia porosa Poulsen 1927
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 Dyeran to the top of the Merioneth or 515.30000 to 486.85000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Waucoban538.8 - 506.5Greenland I. porosa (225266)
Dyeran515.3 - 509.7Canada (British Columbia) I. sp. (196)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3Mexico I. imperfecta (10688)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3Canada (Northwest Territories) I. sp. (225268)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3Canada (British Columbia) I. sp. (187)
Delamaran - Menevian509.7 - 499.5Mexico I. imperfecta (10687)
Merioneth497.0 - 486.85USA (Idaho) I. sp. (198)