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Athabaskia minor

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Dolichometopidae

Taxonomy
Clavaspidella minor was named by Resser (1938). It is not extant. Its type specimen is USNM 95039. Its type locality is Locality 37n (Pend Oreille Lake), which is in a Cambrian carbonate limestone/shale in the Lakeview Formation of Idaho.

It was recombined as Athabaskia minor by Lochman (1952).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Clavaspidella minor Resser p. 9 figs. Pl. 1, figs. 45, 49
1952Athabaskia minor Lochman p. 130 figs. Plate 31, figures 1-3

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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
genusAthabaskia
speciesminor()

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.

Athabaskia minor Resser 1938
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Middle Cambrian to the top of the Delamaran or 506.50000 to 505.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3Mexico Athabaskia minor (10688)
Middle Cambrian506.5 - 497.0USA (Idaho) Clavaspidella minor (type locality: 127486)