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Walencrinuroides tremblayi

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Encrinuridae

Taxonomy
Walencrinuroides tremblayi was named by Moss and Westrop (2014) [= Encrinuroides rarus sensu Tremblay & Westrop 1991 fig. 17.27–17.36. = Walencrinuroides n. sp. 1 Lespérence & Desbiens 1995 p. 9.]. Its type specimen is ROM 47792, a cephalon/head (Cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is District of Mackenzie, Sunblood Range (Z-208), which is in a Whiterockian shallow subtidal limestone in the Sunblood Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Walencrinuroides tremblayi Moss and Westrop pp. 1115, table 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyEncrinuridaeAngelin 1854
subfamilyEncrinurinaeAngelin 1854
genusWalencrinuroides
speciestremblayi

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.

Walencrinuroides tremblayi Moss and Westrop 2014
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. K. Moss and S. R. Westrop 2014Cranidium with short border that does not expand abaxially. Coarse tuberculate sculpture extends over entire preoccipital glabella. Glabellar crest arched in anterior view.
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: carnivorec
Created: 2009-06-11 14:51:52
Modified: 2009-06-11 16:52:10
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Whiterockian or 471.30000 to 457.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3Canada (Northwest Territories) Encrinuroides rarus (type locality: 25172)