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Chancia maladensis

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Alokistocaridae

Taxonomy
Ehmaniella maladensis was named by Resser (1939).

It was recombined as Chancia maladensis by Palmer and Halley (1979), Sundberg (2018).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Ehmaniella maladensis Resser p. 60 figs. pl. 12, figs. 17 - 23
1979Chancia maladensis Palmer and Halley p. 103 figs. Plate 15, figure 4
2018Chancia maladensis Sundberg p. 31 figs. Figures 24.1–24.6, 25.1–25.12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyAlokistocaridaeResser 1939
genusChanciaWalcott 1924
speciesmaladensis(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.

Chancia maladensis Resser 1939
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: detritivoreg
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2008-10-19 08:18:41
Modified: 2009-10-08 00:46:49
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Caron and Jackson 2008, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Templetonian to the top of the Topazan or 508.00000 to 504.50000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3Canada (Northwest Territory) Chancia maladensis (239973)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3USA (Nevada) Chancia maladensis (149390 149391 149392)
Templetonian508.0 - 504.5USA (Nevada) Chancia maladensis (225158)
Topazan505.3 - 504.5USA (Idaho) Ehmaniella maladensis (50208)