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Glossopleura baton

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dolichometopidae

Taxonomy
Dolichometopus baton was named by Walcott (1916). Its type specimen is USNM 62696 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Anoria baton by Resser (1935); it was recombined as Glossopleura baton by Foster (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Dolichometopus baton Walcott p. 362 figs. pi. 51, figs. 2-2b
1935Anoria baton Resser p. 10
2022Glossopleura baton Foster p. 18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyDolichometopidae
genusGlossopleuraPoulsen 1927
speciesbaton()

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.

Glossopleura baton Walcott 1916
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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: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-09-21 20:17:08
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:15:31
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available