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Walencrinuroides polypleura

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Encrinuridae

Taxonomy
Encrinuroides polypleura was named by Tripp (1967). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Auchensoul, which is in a Llandeilo/Aurelucian marine limestone in the Stinchar Limestone Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Walencrinuroides polypleura by Edgecombe et al. (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Encrinuroides polypleura Tripp
1998Walencrinuroides polypleura Edgecombe et al. pp. 689, 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
speciespolypleura(Tripp 1967)

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.

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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: 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: base of the Llandeilo to the top of the Aurelucian or 461.10000 to 456.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llandeilo - Aurelucian461.1 - 456.6United Kingdom (Scotland) Encrinuroides polypleura (182194 182195 182196)