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Chorbusulina wilkesi

Artiopoda - Redlichiida - Ellipsocephalidae

Taxonomy
Chorbusulina wilkesi was named by Palmer and Gatehouse (1972). Its type specimen is none listed and is a 3D body fossil.

Entered
by M. Krause (authorized by W. Kiessling) on 2014-01-23; modified by M. Uhen on 2014-05-28

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Chorbusulina wilkesi Palmer and Gatehouse p. 15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderRedlichiinaRichter 1932
superfamilyEllipsocephaloideaLin 1990
familyEllipsocephalidaeMatthew 1887
subfamilyProtoleninae(Richter and Richter)
genusChorbusulinaLazarenko 1962
specieswilkesi

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.

Chorbusulina wilkesi Palmer and Gatehouse 1972
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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-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 04:00:08
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:00:08
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Early/Lower Cambrian or 538.80000 to 506.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cambrian538.8 - 506.5Antarctica Chorbusulina wilkesi (154030)