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Akoldinioidia sulcatus

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Shumardiidae

Taxonomy
Koldinioidia sulcatus was named by Robison and Pantoja-Alor (1968). Its type specimen is USNM 159049, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM 16002b, Tinu Formation, Oaxaca, Mexico - Robison and Pantoja-Alor 1968, which is in the Tremadoc of limestone/shale the Tinu Formation Mexico.

It was recombined as Akoldinioidia sulcatus by Zhu and Peng (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Koldinioidia sulcatus Robison and Pantoja-Alor p. 796
2006Akoldinioidia sulcatus Zhu and Peng p. 185

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyShumardiidaeLake 1907
genusAkoldinioidia
speciessulcatus()

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.

Akoldinioidia sulcatus Robison and Pantoja-Alor 1968
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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: blindf
Created: 2009-12-19 04:33:59
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:33:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Tremadoc or 486.40000 to 477.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Mexico (Oaxaca) Koldinioidia sulcatus (type locality: 9845)