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Klotziella ornata

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Dolichometopidae

Taxonomy
Bathyuriscus ornatus was named by Walcott (1908). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is The Burgess Shale (skeletonized fauna), Stephen Fm., which is in a St Davids marine shale in the Stephen Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Klotziella ornata by Rasetti (1951).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Bathyuriscus ornatus Walcott p. 39 figs. Plate 1, Figures 1-3
1916Bathyuriscus ornatus Walcott p. 346 figs. Plate 46, figs. 4, 4a-b
1951Klotziella ornata Rasetti pp. 168 - 169 figs. Plate 28, figures 7, 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyDolichometopidae
genusKlotziellaRaymond 1928
speciesornata()

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.

†Klotziella ornata Walcott 1908
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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
Created: 2009-09-21 20:17:08
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:15:31
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: St Davids or 506.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Cambrian506.5 - 497.0Canada (Brithish Columbia) Klotziella ornata (188664)
St Davids506.5 - 497.0Canada (British Columbia) Bathyuriscus ornatus (type locality: 215)