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Globampyx sinalae

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae

Taxonomy
Globampyx sinalae was named by Norford and Ross (1978). Its type specimen is GSC 42609, an exoskeleton (damaged but nearly complete exoskeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 64579. North White River Section, which is in a Rangerian carbonate limestone in the Glenogle Shales Formation of British Columbia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Globampyx sinalae Norford and Ross pp. 4 - 5 figs. pl. 2 f .4; pl. 3 f. 1-2, 5-6, 9, 15, 19, 22-23, 25

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyRaphiophoridaeAngelin 1854
subfamilyRaphiophorinaeAngelin 1854
genusGlobampyx
speciessinalae

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.

Globampyx sinalae Norford and Ross 1978
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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: suspension feederf
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-12-13 23:10:26
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:27:49
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: or 470.30000 to 470.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rangerian470.0 - 470.3USA (British Columbia) Globampyx sinalae (type locality: 149567)