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Anoria tontoensis

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Dolichometopidae

Taxonomy
Dolichometopus tontoensis was named by Walcott (1916). Its type specimen is USNM 62685, lectotype, part and counterpart of a complete specimen; USNM 62686, paralectotype, nearly complete specimen and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Anoria.

It was recombined as Anoria tontoensis by Walcott (1924), Foster (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Dolichometopus tontoensis Walcott p. 373 figs. pl. 51, figs. 1, 1a–1h
1924Anoria tontoensis Walcott p. 54 figs. pl. 9, fig. 2
2022Anoria tontoensis Foster p. 19 figs. Figure 11F

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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
genusAnoriaWalcott 1924
speciestontoensis()

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.

†Anoria tontoensis Walcott 1916
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
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