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Nitidocare

Artiopoda - Proetida - Aulacopleuridae

Taxonomy
Nitidocare was named by Pribyl and Vanek (1985) [Sepkoski's age data: S Sepkoski's reference number: ZR85]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Proetidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Aulacopleuridae by Vokáč et al. (2015).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Nitidocare Pribyl and Vanek
2002Nitidocare Jell and Adrain p. 412
2002Nitidocare Sepkoski
2015Nitidocare Vokáč et al. p. 117

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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)
familyAulacopleuridaeAngelin 1854
genusNitidocarePribyl and Vanek 1985

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. †Nitidocare Pribyl and Vanek 1985
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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: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:39:57
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:30:16
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Sheinwoodian or 432.90000 to 430.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Czechia N. nitida (14096) N. nitidum (14123)