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Briscoia angustilimba

Trilobita - Asaphida - Dikelocephalidae

Taxonomy

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Briscoia angustilimba Westrop
2023Briscoia angustilimba Srivastava and Hughes pp. Table 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyDikelocephaloidea(Miller 1889)
familyDikelocephalidae(Miller 1889)
genusBriscoiaWalcott 1924
speciesangustilimba

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.

Briscoia angustilimba Westrop 1986
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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-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-13 22:54:18
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:54:18
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Trempealeauan to the top of the Sunwaptan or 490.20000 to 488.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9Canada (Alberta) Briscoia angustilimba (54093)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (South Dakota) Briscoia angustilimba (9763)