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Wenkchemnia walcotti

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Dolichometopidae

Taxonomy
Wenkchemnia walcotti was named by Rasetti (1951). It is the type species of Wenkchemnia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
W. spinicollis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Wenkchemnia walcotti Rasetti pp. 186 - 187 figs. pl. 11, figs 9 - 15
2003Wenkchemnia walcotti Sundberg and McCollum pp. 953 - 954 figs. Plate 2, figures 8 - 10

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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
genusWenkchemniaRasseti 1951
specieswalcottiRasetti 1951

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.

†Wenkchemnia walcotti Rasetti 1951
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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: Delamaran or 509.70000 to 505.30000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3USA (Nevada) Wenkchemnia walcotti (69268 69269 69274 69276 69277)