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Chlupacula (Avenconia) canpuigensis

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Chlupacula (Avenconia) canpuigensis was named by Gandl et al. (2015). Its type specimen is MGSB 5011, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Chlupacula (Avenconia) canpuigensis Gandl et al. pp. 51 - 53 figs. Taf. 8 Fig. 75- 80, ? Taf. 10 Fig. 95; Abb. 37, ? 38

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
subfamilyCyrtosymbolinaeHupé 1953
genusChlupaculaHahn and Wunn-Petry 1983
subgenusAvenconia
speciescanpuigensis

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
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:34:58
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:34:58
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: Asbian or 340.00000 to 336.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asbian340.0 - 336.0Spain (Catalonia) Chlupacula canpuigensis (229168 229173 229178)