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Acanthomicmacca (Acanthomicmacca) comleyensis

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Chengkouiidae

Taxonomy
Micmacca comleyensis was named by Cobbold (1931) [Specimen No. 1494 in Cobbold's collection for the British Association, 164 in the Sedgwick Museum]. Its type specimen is SMC A 164, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Comley Quarry, Comley, which is in a Branchian carbonate limestone in the Lower Comley Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Acanthomicmacca (Acanthomicmacca) comleyensis by Geyer (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Micmacca comleyensis Cobbold pp. 480-481 figs. Pl. XXXIX, figs. 6a-6c
2016Acanthomicmacca (Acanthomicmacca) comleyensis Geyer p. 257

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderCorynexochinaKobayashi 1935
familyChengkouiidaeZhu 1980
genusAcanthomicmaccaHupé 1953
subgenusAcanthomicmaccaHupé 1953
speciescomleyensis()

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.

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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: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-14 06:20:34
Modified: 2009-12-14 08:20:34
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Branchian or 516.20000 to 506.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Branchian516.2 - 506.5United Kingdom (England) Micmacca comleyensis (type locality: 79928)