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Ptarmiganoides alia

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Zacanthoididae

Taxonomy
Dolichometopsis alia was named by Resser (1939). Its type specimen is USNM 98503 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 54s - Near mouth of North side Two Mile Canyon, 2 miles se of Malad, Wasatch Mts, which is in a Topazan carbonate limestone in the Langston Formation of Idaho.

It was recombined as Ptarmiganoides alia by Lemke (2020).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Dolichometopsis alia Resser p. 32 figs. Plate 4, figs. 19-21
2020Ptarmiganoides alia Lemke p. 16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderCorynexochinaKobayashi 1935
familyZacanthoididaeSwinnerton 1915
genusPtarmiganoidesRasetti 1951
speciesalia()

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.

Ptarmiganoides alia Resser 1939
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 19:40:14
Modified: 2009-12-15 01:40:01
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Topazan or 505.30000 to 504.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Topazan505.3 - 504.5USA (Idaho) Dolichometopsis alia (type locality: 50208)