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Crepicephalina damia

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Crepicephalidae

Taxonomy
Crepicephalus damia was named by Walcott (1905). It is the type species of Mesocrepicephalus.

It was recombined as Mesocrepicephalus damia by Kobayashi (1935); it was recombined as Crepicephalina damia by Resser (1942).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Crepicephalus damia Walcott p. 92
1935Mesocrepicephalus damia Kobayashi p. 277
1942Crepicephalina damia Resser p. 14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyCrepicephalidae
genusCrepicephalinaResser and Endo 1935
speciesdamia(Walcott 1905)

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.

Crepicephalina damia Walcott 1905
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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
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-02-25 09:05:08
Modified: 2009-02-25 11:05:08
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Taijangian to the top of the Wangcunian or 506.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Taijangian506.5 - 504.5China (Shandong) Crepicephalina damia (127362)
Wangcunian504.5 - 497.0China (Shandong) Crepicephalus damia (232858)