Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Mansuyites futiliformis

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Kaolishaniidae

Taxonomy
Mansuyites futiliformis was named by Shergold (1971). Its type specimen is CPC 9749, a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gola Beds B750, which is in an Iverian marine lime mudstone in the Gola Beds Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Mansuyites.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Mansuyites futiliformis Shergold p. 55 figs. Pl. 13, fig. 1

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderLeiostegiinaBradley 1925
superfamilyLeiostegioideaBradley 1925
familyKaolishaniidaeKobayashi 1935
subfamilyCeronocarinae
genusMansuyites
speciesfutiliformis

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.

Mansuyites futiliformis Shergold 1971
show all | hide all
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: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-14 06:29:56
Modified: 2009-12-14 08:29:56
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Iverian or 494.20000 to 491.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Franconian - Trempealeauan497.0 - 486.85Australia (Queensland) Mansuyites futiliformis (198276 198283)
Iverian494.2 - 491.0Australia (Queensland) Mansuyites futiliformis (type locality: 198279 198284)