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Andinacaste

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Calmoniidae

Taxonomy
Andinacaste was named by Eldredge and Ormiston (1979) [Sepkoski's age data: S Prid D Gedi-l Sepkoski's reference number: 1055]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Calmoniidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Andinacaste Eldredge and Ormiston
2002Andinacaste Jell and Adrain p. 341
2002Andinacaste Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyAcastoidea
familyCalmoniidaeDelo 1935
genusAndinacasteEldredge and Ormiston 1979

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. †Andinacaste Eldredge and Ormiston 1979
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Andinacaste talebensis Hollard 1963
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: carnivoresubo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-15 22:58:06
Modified: 2009-12-16 00:58:06
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Lochkovian or 419.62000 to 413.02000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pridoli - Helderbergian422.7 - 393.47Argentina A. espejensis (25055)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Morocco Acaste talebensis (13936)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Bolivia A. legrandi (25579)