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Notchpeakia cherrycreekensis

Artiopoda - Harpetida - Entomaspididae

Taxonomy
Notchpeakia cherrycreekensis was named by Adrain and Westrop (2006). Its type specimen is SUI 99220, 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
2006Notchpeakia cherrycreekensis Adrain and Westrop p. 1167

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderHarpetida(Whittington 1959)
familyEntomaspididae
genusNotchpeakia
speciescherrycreekensis

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 cherrycreekensis 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 488.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


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