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Cordania

Artiopoda - Proetida - Brachymetopidae

Taxonomy
Cordania was named by Clarke (1892). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Brachymetopinae by Owens and Hammann (1990); to Brachymetopidae by Adrain and Kloc (1997); and to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Cordania Clarke
1990Cordania Owens and Hammann
1997Cordania Adrain and Kloc p. 709
2002Cordania Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyAulacopleuroidea(Angelin 1854)
familyBrachymetopidaePrantl and Pribyl 1951
genusCordaniaClarke 1892

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. †Cordania Clarke 1892
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Cordania cyclurus Hall and Clarke 1888
Cordania wessmani Adrain and Kloc 1997
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: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:32:28
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:32:28
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: base of the Lochkovian to the top of the Late/Upper Emsian or 419.62000 to 393.47000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pridoli - Lochkovian422.7 - 413.02USA (Oklahoma) C. falcata (26826)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02USA (Oklahoma) C. falcata (3103) C. wessmani (3104)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Canada (Quebec) C. cyclurus (233202)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Colombia C. gasepiou (229210)