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Glypharthrus magnoculus

Aglaspidida - Aglaspididae

Taxonomy
Glypharthrus magnoculus was named by Lerosey-Aubril et al. (2017). Its type specimen is UA 14332 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Clay Creek. 295 meters., which is in a Sunwaptan deep-water shale in Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Glypharthrus magnoculus Lerosey-Aubril et al. p. 277 figs. 2-3
2017Glypharthrus magnoculus Lerosey-Aubril et al. p. 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
superclassVicissicaudata()
orderAglaspidida(Walcott 1911)
familyAglaspididaeMiller 1877
genusGlypharthrusRaasch 1939
speciesmagnoculus

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.

Glypharthrus magnoculus Lerosey-Aubril et al. 2017
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. Lerosey-Aubril et al. 2017Species of Glypharthrus characterized by the following unique combination of characters: body (telson excluded) as wide (tr.) as long (sag.); cephalon broadly semielliptical in outline, with particularly narrow (exs.) preocular field and exceptionally large eyes; trunk anterior to telson subtriangular in outline, bearing deep pleural furrows.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphatico
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektobenthicf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedo
Created: 2009-04-21 11:43:09
Modified: 2009-04-21 13:43:09
Source: f = family, o = order
Reference: Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Sunwaptan or 493.50000 to 488.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9Canada (British Columbia) Glypharthrus magnoculus (type locality: 235269)