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Thoracocare idahoensis

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Oryctocephalidae

Taxonomy
Tonkinella idahoensis was named by Resser (1939). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 54s - Near mouth of North side Two Mile Canyon, 2 miles se of Malad, Wasatch Mts, which is in a Menevian carbonate limestone in the Langston Formation of Idaho.

It was recombined as Thoracocare idahoensis by Robison and Campbell (1974) and Palmer and Halley (1979).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Tonkinella idahoensis Resser p. 45 figs. pl. 2, fig. 10
1974Thoracocare idahoensis Robison and Campbell p. 279 figs. figs. 3a-g
1979Thoracocare idahoensis Palmer and Halley p. 85 figs. Plate 12, figure 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderCorynexochinaKobayashi 1935
familyOryctocephalidaeBeecher 1897
genusThoracocareRobison and Campbell 1974
speciesidahoensis(Resser 1939)

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.

Thoracocare idahoensis Resser 1939
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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 23:31:52
Modified: 2009-12-15 01:31:52
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Delamaran to the top of the Menevian or 511.20000 to 499.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (Nevada) Thoracocare idahoensis (149391 149392)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5USA (Idaho) Tonkinella idahoensis (type locality: 50208)