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Chalfontia

Artiopoda - Olenida - Dokimokephalidae

Taxonomy
Chalfontia was named by Shergold (1982) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Fran-l Sepkoski's reference number: 499]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Trilobita by Sepkoski (2002); and to Dokimocephalidae by Zhou and Zhen (2008).

Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by D. van Oyen on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Chalfontia Shergold
2002Chalfontia Sepkoski
2008Chalfontia Zhou and Zhen

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyDokimokephalidae(Kobayashi 1935)
genusChalfontiaShergold 1982

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. †Chalfontia Shergold 1982
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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: 2009-12-19 03:59:19
Modified: 2009-12-19 05:59:19
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Taoyuanian to the top of the Paibian or 495.20000 to 494.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paibian497.0 - 494.2China (Hunan) C. sp. (124978)
Taoyuanian495.2 - 486.85China (Henan) C. sp. (129216)