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Ehmaniella angustigena

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Alokistocaridae

Taxonomy
Ehmaniella angustigena was named by Sundberg (1994). Its type specimen is LACMIP 11788, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Ehmaniella angustigena Sundberg pp. 54 - 55 figs. Figure 33

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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
genusEhmaniellaResser 1937
speciesangustigena

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.

Ehmaniella angustigena Sundberg 1994
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
F. A. Sundberg 1994Ehmaniella with cranidium with bluntly rounded frontal lobe; fine granular orna- mentation; flat to slightly concave, moderately strongly curved, sightly downsloping, slightly ta- pered, wide anterior border, 55-70% of frontal area length; narrow fixigenae (30-40% glabellar width). Pygidium alate, elongate axis, moderately convex anterior pleural bands.
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-movingg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: detritivoreg
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2008-10-19 08:19:00
Modified: 2009-10-08 00:46:56
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Caron and Jackson 2008, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Delamaran or 509.70000 to 505.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3USA (Nevada) Ehmaniella angustigena (134246)