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Fuchouia tasmaniensis

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Dolichometopidae

Taxonomy
Fuchouia tasmaniensis was named by Jago et al. (2004). Its type specimen is UTGD125018 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cambrian Rocks, Native Tier Track, which is in a Boomerangian marine siltstone/sandstone in Australia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
F. antiqua, F. atopa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Fuchouia tasmaniensis Jago et al. p. 38 figs. 6A-K

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyDolichometopidae
genusFuchouiaResser and Endo 1935
speciestasmaniensis

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.

†Fuchouia tasmaniensis Jago et al. 2004
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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
Created: 2009-09-21 20:17:08
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:15:31
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Boomerangian or 500.50000 to 499.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Boomerangian500.5 - 499.0Australia (Tasmania) Fuchouia tasmaniensis (69972 type locality: 69973)