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Utia

Trilobita - Utiidae

Taxonomy
Utia was named by Walcott (1924) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm mMid-l]. It is not extant.

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

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Utia Walcott
2002Utia Jell and Adrain p. 457
2002Utia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
familyUtiidaeKobayashi 1935
genusUtiaWalcott 1924

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. †Utia Walcott 1924
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Utia curio Walcott 1924
Utia debra Sundberg 2020
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-22 12:55:09
Modified: 2009-12-22 14:55:09
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Cambrian to the top of the Delamaran or 509.00000 to 506.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (Idaho) U. curio (76096) U. sp. (207)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0USA (Idaho) U. curio (127486)