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Notchpeakia taylori

Trilobita - Harpetida - Entomaspididae

Taxonomy
Notchpeakia taylori was named by Adrain and Westrop (2006). Its type specimen is SUI 101548, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a cast. Its type locality is Lave Dam Five (LD5) 16.8T, which is in a Sunwaptan shallow subtidal lime mudstone/grainstone in the Notch Peak Formation of Utah.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Notchpeakia taylori Adrain and Westrop p. 1165

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderHarpetida(Whittington 1959)
familyEntomaspididae
genusNotchpeakia
speciestaylori

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.

†Notchpeakia taylori Adrain and Westrop 2006
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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-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2004-02-29 09:07:31
Modified: 2016-06-02 12:44:28
Source: c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Sunwaptan or 493.50000 to 487.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sunwaptan493.5 - 487.5USA (Utah) Notchpeakia taylori (235997 type locality: 235999 236001)