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Blountiella anaxis

Artiopoda - Olenida - Asaphiscidae

Taxonomy
Asaphiscus anaxis was named by Walcott (1916). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bull Run, northwest of Copper Ridge, which is in a Marjumian carbonate limestone in the Nolichucky Formation of Tennessee.

It was recombined as Blountiella anaxis by Resser (1938).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Asaphiscus anaxis Walcott p. 391 figs. Plate 63, figs. 2, 2a
1938Blountiella anaxis Resser p. 65 figs. Plate 12, figure 34

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyAsaphiscidaeRaymond 1924
genusBlountiellaResser 1938
speciesanaxis()

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.

Blountiella anaxis Walcott 1916
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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
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 03:48:56
Modified: 2009-12-19 05:48:56
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Marjumian or 504.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Tennessee) Asaphiscus anaxis (type locality: 207131)