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Trachycheilus whirlwindensis

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Alokistocaridae

Taxonomy
Trachycheilus whirlwindensis was named by Sundberg (1994). Its type specimen is LACMIP 11876, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Trachycheilus whirlwindensis Sundberg pp. 82 - 84 figs. Figures 51, 52

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyAlokistocaridaeResser 1939
subfamilyEhmaniellinae
genusTrachycheilusResser 1945
specieswhirlwindensis

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.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
F. A. Sundberg 1994Trachycheilus with small subpen- tagonal cranidium with sagittally narrow to wide (65-85% frontal area) and transversely wide (55- 75% cranidial width) anterior border, no or very slight median inbend; glabella with moderate depth axial and lateral glabellar furrows, slightly flattened to flattened frontal lobe; smooth exoskeleton, nodes present or absent on posterior border. Pygidium subelliptical with moderately to weakly convex anterior and posterior bands, smooth surface.
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-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:35:35
Modified: 2009-12-19 05:47:01
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Delamaran or 509.70000 to 505.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3USA (Utah) Trachycheilus whirlwindensis (133727 133728)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3USA (Nevada) Trachycheilus whirlwindensis (134244 134254)