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Forteyops sexapugia

Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Taxonomy
Kawina sexapugia was named by Ross (1951) [Paratypes: YPM 18290-5]. Its type specimen is YPM 18289, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 13, Round Hill, Zone "J", which is in a Blackhillsian shallow subtidal limestone/chert in the Garden City Formation of Utah. It is the type species of Forteyops.

It was recombined as Forteyops sexapugia by Pribyl et al. (1985).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Kawina sexapugia Ross p. 127 figs. Pl. 35, figs. 6, 11, 12
1985Forteyops sexapugia Pribyl et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyCheiruridaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusForteyops
speciessexapugia()

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.

Forteyops sexapugia Ross 1951
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoref
Created: 2009-06-11 14:43:11
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:38:08
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Blackhillsian or 475.30000 to 471.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ibexian488.9 - 471.3Norway (Spitsbergen) Kawina sexapugia (106472)
Blackhillsian475.3 - 471.3USA (Utah) Kawina sexapugia (63846 103831 type locality: 103917)