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Drabia acroccipita

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Phylacteridae

Taxonomy
Drabia acroccipita was named by Wilson (1951).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Drabia acroccipita Wilson

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyPhylacteridaeLudvigsen and Westrop 1989
genusDrabiaWilson 1951
speciesacroccipitaWilson 1951

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.

†Drabia acroccipita Wilson 1951
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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: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 04:28:55
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:28:55
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Steptoean to the top of the Dolgellian or 497.00000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Pennsylvania) Drabia acroccipita (156637 156644 156656 156657 156658 156673 156674 156675)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4Canada (Yukon) Drabia acroccipita (55277)
Franconian - Dolgellian497.0 - 485.4USA (Missouri) Drabia acroccipita (9586)
Dolgellian492.5 - 485.4USA (Pennsylvania) Drabia acroccipita (62084 62085 62092 62094 62095)