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Briscoia sinclairensis

Trilobita - Asaphida - Dikelocephalidae

Taxonomy
Briscoia sinclairensis was named by Walcott (1924). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 16t'. N side of Sinclair Canyon 1524 m. above creek, west of Radium Hot Springs, which is in a Skullrockian carbonate limestone/limestone in the Mons Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Briscoia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Briscoia sinclairensis Walcott p. 37 fig. 9
1925Briscoia sinclairensis Walcott pp. 75 - 77 figs. Plate 20, figs, 1-10
2023Briscoia sinclairensis Srivastava and Hughes pp. Table 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyDikelocephaloidea(Miller 1889)
familyDikelocephalidae(Miller 1889)
genusBriscoiaWalcott 1924
speciessinclairensis

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 sinclairensis Walcott 1924
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Skullrockian or 487.50000 to 482.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Skullrockian487.5 - 482.3Canada (Alberta) Briscoia sinclairensis (233707)
Skullrockian487.5 - 482.3Canada (British Columbia) Briscoia sinclairensis (type locality: 233704 233705)