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Sunwaptia plutoi

Trilobita - Asaphida - Ptychaspididae

Taxonomy
Sunwaptia plutoi was named by Adrain and Westrop (2004). Its type specimen is SUI 99092, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is silicified fauna, Barton Canyon, which is in a Sunwaptan deep subtidal grainstone in the Windfall Formation of Nevada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Sunwaptia plutoi Adrain and Westrop p. 13 figs. Pl. 4, fig. 21

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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)
familyPtychaspididaeRaymond 1924
genusSunwaptiaWestrop 1986
speciesplutoi

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.

Sunwaptia plutoi Adrain and Westrop 2004
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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 23:08:03
Modified: 2009-12-14 01:08:03
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Sunwaptan or 493.50000 to 488.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9USA (Nevada) Sunwaptia plutoi (type locality: 235995)