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Acanthomicmacca walcotti

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Chengkouiidae

Taxonomy
Micmacca walcotti was named by Mathew (1899). It is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Acanthomicmacca.

It was recombined as Acanthomicmacca walcotti by Landing et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Micmacca walcotti Mathew
2008Acanthomicmacca walcotti Landing et al. p. 896

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderCorynexochinaKobayashi 1935
familyChengkouiidaeZhu 1980
genusAcanthomicmaccaHupé 1953
specieswalcotti(Mathew 1899)

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.

†Acanthomicmacca walcotti Mathew 1899
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Atdabanian to the top of the Botomian or 521.00000 to 512.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian - Botomian521.0 - 512.9Canada (Nova Scotia) Acanthomicmacca walcotti (9391)