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Paralbertella bosworthi

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Zacanthoididae

Taxonomy
Albertella bosworthi was named by Walcott (1908). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is south slope of Mount Bosworth, which is in a Delamaran marine shale in the Cathedral Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Paralbertella bosworthi by Palmer and Halley (1979).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Albertella bosworthi Walcott p. 22
1916Albertella bosworthi Burling p. 470 figs. fig. 2a
1917Albertella bosworthi Walcott p. 38 figs. pi. 7, figs. 3-3c (only);
1936Albertella bosworthi Resser p. 2
1936Albertella similaris Resser p. 2
1951Albertella bosworthi Rasetti p. 149 figs. pi. 17, figs. 1-9
1951Albertella stenorhachis Rasetti p. 155 figs. pi. 18, figs. 18-21
1979Paralbertella bosworthi Palmer and Halley p. 94 figs. Plate 9, figures 19-25

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderCorynexochinaKobayashi 1935
familyZacanthoididaeSwinnerton 1915
genusParalbertella
speciesbosworthi()

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.

†Paralbertella bosworthi Walcott 1908
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Invalid names: Albertella similaris Resser 1936 [synonym], Albertella stenorhachis Rasetti 1951 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 19:40:14
Modified: 2009-12-15 01:40:01
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Delamaran or 509.70000 to 505.30000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3USA (Nevada) Paralbertella bosworthi (149565)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3Canada (British Columbia) Albertella bosworthi (type locality: 68908)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3USA (California) Albertella stenorhachis (139743)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3Canada (Alberta) Albertella bosworthi (225276) Albertella stenorhachis (225275)