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Iddingsia similis

Trilobita - Olenida - Dokimokephalidae

Taxonomy
Ptychoparia similis was named by Walcott (1884) [Ptychoparia? similis]. It is the type species of Iddingsia.

It was recombined as Iddingsia similis by Walcott (1924).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Ptychoparia similis Walcott p. 52 figs. Plate x, fig. 10
1924Iddingsia similis Walcott p. 58 figs. pl. 12, fig. 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyDokimokephalidae(Kobayashi 1935)
genusIddingsia
speciessimilis()

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.

†Iddingsia similis Walcott 1884
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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: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 03:59:19
Modified: 2009-12-19 05:59:19
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Steptoean or 497.00000 to 493.50000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Nevada) Iddingsia similis (113395 113396 114305 114605)