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Glossopleura boccar

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Dolichometopidae

Taxonomy
Dolichometopus boccar was named by Walcott (1916). Its type specimen is 62702 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Glossopleura boccar by Poulsen (1927), Resser (1935), Foster (2022).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Dolichometopus boccar Walcott p. 363 figs. pi. 52, fig. 1a, 1c, 1e
1927Glossopleura boccar Poulsen p. 268
1935Glossopleura boccar Resser p. 30
1935Glossopleura bosworthensis Resser p. 31
1935Glossopleura nitida Resser p. 31
1935Glossopleura stephenensis Resser p. 31
1935Glossopleura mckeei Resser p. 33
2022Glossopleura boccar Foster p. 16 figs. Figure 11A–B and 11D–E

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyDolichometopidae
genusGlossopleuraPoulsen 1927
speciesboccar(Walcott 1916)

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 boccar Walcott 1916
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Invalid names: Glossopleura bosworthensis Resser 1935 [synonym], Glossopleura mckeei Resser 1935 [synonym], Glossopleura nitida Resser 1935 [synonym], Glossopleura stephenensis Resser 1935 [synonym]
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Delamaran or 509.70000 to 505.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3USA (Utah) Glossopleura boccar (10533)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3Canada (Northwest Territory) Glossopleura boccar (239973)