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Zacanthoides holopygous

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Zacanthoididae

Taxonomy
Zacanthoides holopygous was named by Resser (1939) [Reidentified from part of Zacanthoides idahoensis (Walcott, 1908, pl. 3, figs. 2-5, 10)]. It is not extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Zacanthoides holopygous Resser p. 23

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderCorynexochinaKobayashi 1935
familyZacanthoididaeSwinnerton 1915
genusZacanthoidesWalcott 1888
speciesholopygous

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.

Zacanthoides holopygous Resser 1939
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 100 to < 1000g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: majorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-02-26 12:20:01
Modified: 2009-02-26 14:20:01
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009

Age range: Middle Cambrian or 509.00000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0USA (Idaho) Zacanthoides holopygous (68909)