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Telopeltis woodwardi

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Styginidae

Taxonomy
Telopeltis woodwardi was named by McNamara and Feist (2006). Its type specimen is WAM 04.304, a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 02. Horse Spring, Horse Spring Range, which is in a Frasnian perireef or subreef limestone in the Virgin Hills Formation of Australia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Telopeltis woodwardi McNamara and Feist pp. 985 - 988 figs. 3, 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyStyginidaeVogdes 1890
subfamilyScutelluinaeRichter and Richter 1955
genusTelopeltis
specieswoodwardi

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.

Telopeltis woodwardi McNamara and Feist 2006
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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: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-14 23:37:50
Modified: 2009-12-15 01:37:50
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Frasnian or 375.20000 to 372.15000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Australia (Western Australia) Telopeltis woodwardi (216427 type locality: 223137 223204)