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Lancastria plana

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Oryctocephalidae

Taxonomy
Paraoryctocephalops plana was named by Tomashpolskaya and Khalfin (1960). Its type specimen is MTPI, no. 863(3)/58, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Paraoryctocephalops.

It was recombined as Lancastria plana by Blaker and Peel (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Paraoryctocephalops plana Tomashpolskaya and Khalfin p. 200 figs. pl. Cm-XXIII, fig. 6
1997Lancastria plana Blaker and Peel

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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
familyOryctocephalidaeBeecher 1897
genusLancastriaKobayashi 1935
speciesplana(Tomashpolskaya and Khalfin 1960)

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.

Lancastria plana Tomashpolskaya and Khalfin 1960
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: majorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-02-26 12:00:46
Modified: 2009-02-26 14:00:46
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Dyeran to the top of the Middle Cambrian or 515.30000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dyeran515.3 - 509.7Greenland Lancastria plana (225140 235445)
Middle Cambrian506.5 - 497.0Greenland Lancastria plana (193552 193553 193554 193555)