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Housia vacuna

Trilobita - Olenida - Pterocephaliidae

Taxonomy
Ptychoparia vacuna was named by Walcott (1890). Its type specimen is USNM 23862 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Housia vacuna by Resser (1936).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Ptychoparia vacuna Walcott p. 275 figs. pi. 21, figs. 8, 12
1936Housia vacuna Resser p. 23

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyPterocephaliidaeKobayashi 1935
genusHousia()
speciesvacuna(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.

Housia vacuna Walcott 1890
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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
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-10 09:25:51
Modified: 2009-06-10 11:25:51
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Steptoean to the top of the Sunwaptan or 497.00000 to 488.90000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Pennsylvania) Housia vacuna (156629 156630 156632 156634 156642 156669 156670)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5Canada (Alberta) Housia vacuna (54076 54078)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5Canada (British Columbia) Housia vacuna (219685)
Franconian497.0 - 486.85USA (Arkansas) Housia vacuna (77107)
Furongian497.0 - 486.85USA (Arkansas) Housia vacuna (229128 229129 229131 229133 229193 229194 229195 229196 229197 229198)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9Canada (Alberta) Housia vacuna (54077)
Dolgellian490.2 - 486.85USA (Pennsylvania) Housia vacuna (62077 62078 62081)