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Zacanthoides fronslicinus

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Zacanthoididae

Taxonomy
Zacanthoides fronslicinus was named by Sundberg (1994). Its type specimen is LACMIP 11782, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Zacanthoides fronslicinus Sundberg pp. 49 - 51 figs. Figure 30

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderCorynexochinaKobayashi 1935
familyZacanthoididaeSwinnerton 1915
genusZacanthoidesWalcott 1888
speciesfronslicinus

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.

Zacanthoides fronslicinus Sundberg 1994
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
F. A. Sundberg 1994Zacanthoides with cranidium with strongly upturned preglabellar field, anterior border not defined; nearly effaced lateral glabellar furrows; short ocular ridges. Pygidium subrectangular, 4 pairs of short, thin, rounded, unequal length spines pointing toward midline of pygidium.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 100 to < 1000g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: majorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-02-26 12:20:01
Modified: 2009-02-26 14:20:01
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Delamaran or 509.70000 to 505.30000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3USA (Utah) Zacanthoides fronslicinus (134059 134060 134061 134062 134063 134064 134065 134067)
Delamaran - Marjumian509.7 - 497.0USA (Nevada) Zacanthoides fronslicinus (225257)