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Inglefieldia porosa

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Alokistocaridae

Taxonomy
Inglefieldia porosa was named by Poulsen (1927). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cape Kent, which is in a Waucoban marine horizon in the Cape Kent Formation of Greenland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Inglefieldia porosa Poulsen

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyAlokistocaridaeResser 1939
genusInglefieldiaPoulson 1927
speciesporosa

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.

†Inglefieldia porosa Poulsen 1927
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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 14:35:35
Modified: 2009-12-19 05:47:01
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Waucoban or 538.80000 to 506.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Waucoban538.8 - 506.5Greenland Inglefieldia porosa (type locality: 225266)