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Aphelotoxon limbata

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Phylacteridae

Taxonomy
Aphelotoxon limbata was named by Palmer (1965). Its type specimen is USNM 141781, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Aphelotoxon limbata Palmer p. 80 figs. Pl. 19, fig. 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyPhylacteridaeLudvigsen and Westrop 1989
genusAphelotoxon
specieslimbata

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.

Aphelotoxon limbata Palmer 1965
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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 04:28:55
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:28:55
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997
Collections
No collection or age range data are available