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Aciculolenus askewi

Artiopoda - Olenida - Olenidae

Taxonomy
Aciculolenus askewi was named by Chatterton (2020) [= Aciculolenus new species A Chatterton and Gibb 2016, p. 75, pl. 53, figs. 4, 7, 9, text-fig. 15B.]. Its type specimen is RBCM-P977 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Site 15. Bull River Valley, which is in a Steptoean deep subtidal mudstone/limestone in Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2020Aciculolenus askewi Chatterton p. 675 figs. 3.9, 7.1, 10, 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyOlenidaeBurmeister 1843
genusAciculolenus
speciesaskewi

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.

Aciculolenus askewi Chatterton 2020
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:16:45
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:27:27
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Steptoean or 497.00000 to 493.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5Canada (British Columbia) Aciculolenus askewi (type locality: 219685)