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Koneprusia aboussalamae

Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae

Taxonomy
Koneprusia aboussalamae was named by Feist and McNamara (2007). Its type specimen is MB.T. 4571, a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Summit of Ras el Kebber Hill, which is in a Givetian reef, buildup or bioherm mudstone in the Bouia Formation of Morocco.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Koneprusia aboussalamae Feist and McNamara p. 783 figs. 3k, m, n

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOdontopleuridaWhittington 1959
familyOdontopleuridaeBurmeister 1843
genusKoneprusiaPrantl and Pribyl 1949
speciesaboussalamae

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.

Koneprusia aboussalamae Feist and McNamara 2007
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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: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:09:49
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:16:17
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: or 382.70000 to 380.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Givetian380.2 - 382.7Morocco Koneprusia sp. (type locality: 223238)