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Housia ovata

Artiopoda - Olenida - Pterocephaliidae

Taxonomy
Housia ovata was named by Palmer (1960). Its type specimen is USNM 136863, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Housia ovata Palmer p. 75 figs. Pl. 7, fig. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyPterocephaliidaeKobayashi 1935
genusHousia()
speciesovata

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.

Housia ovata Palmer 1960
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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: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-10 09:25:51
Modified: 2009-06-10 11:25:51
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Steptoean or 497.00000 to 493.50000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Utah) Housia ovata (240242)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Nevada) Housia ovata (75273 110627 110628 110629 110630 114296 114297 114298 114605 114606 114607 114608)
Franconian497.0 - 486.85USA (Missouri) Housia ovata (9155 9156 9191 9196 9199 9200)