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Chancia venusta

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Alokistocaridae

Taxonomy
Kochina venusta was named by Resser (1939). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 54s - Near mouth of North side Two Mile Canyon, 2 miles se of Malad, Wasatch Mts, which is in a Topazan carbonate limestone in the Langston Formation of Idaho.

It was recombined as Chancia venusta by Fritz (1968).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Kochina venusta Resser p. 54 figs. Plate 6, figs. 9, 10
1968Chancia venusta Fritz p. 230 figs. Plate 40, figs. 31 - 34

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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
genusChanciaWalcott 1924
speciesvenusta(Resser 1939)

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.

Chancia venusta Resser 1939
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: detritivoreg
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2008-10-19 08:18:41
Modified: 2009-10-08 00:46:49
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Caron and Jackson 2008, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Delamaran to the top of the Topazan or 509.70000 to 504.50000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3USA (Nevada) Chancia venusta (149569 155993 155998)
Topazan505.3 - 504.5USA (Idaho) Kochina venusta (type locality: 50208)