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Spencia

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Taxonomy
Spencia was named by Resser (1939) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Tojo-u Cm mMid-l Sepkoski's reference number: 81]. It is not extant. Its type is Spencia typicalis.

It was assigned to Ptychopariidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Spencia Resser p. 23
1939Stauroholcus Resser p. 23
2002Spencia Jell and Adrain p. 447
2002Spencia 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
familyPtychopariidaeMatthew 1887
genusSpencia

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. †Spencia Resser 1939
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Spencia plena Resser 1939
Spencia quadrata Fritz 1968
Spencia typicalis Resser 1939
Invalid names: Stauroholcus Resser 1939 [synonym]
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
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 20:00:46
Modified: 2009-12-19 12:30:51
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Wuliuan to the top of the Delamaran or 506.50000 to 505.30000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3USA (Nevada) S. quadrata (77188)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3USA (Idaho) S. plena, Stauroholcus typicalis (76096) S. sp., Stauroholcus sp. (207)
Wuliuan506.5 - 504.5Argentina (Mendoza) S. sp. (220418 220535 222585)