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Macelloura dia

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Cheilocephalidae

Taxonomy
Illaenurus dia was named by Walcott (1890). Its type specimen is USNM 23865 and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Macelloura.

It was recombined as Nileus dia by Walcott (1914); it was recombined as Macelloura dia by Resser (1935).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Illaenurus dia Walcott p. 277 figs. pi. 20, fig. 6
1914Nileus dia Walcott p. 359
1935Macelloura dia Resser p. 40

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyCheilocephalidaeShaw 1956
genusMacelloura
speciesdia(Walcott 1890)

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.

Macelloura dia Walcott 1890
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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
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-14 06:17:25
Modified: 2009-12-14 08:17:25
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
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