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Australoacaste

Trilobita - Phacopida - Calmoniidae

Taxonomy
Australoacaste was named by Benedetto and Martel (1976). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Calmoniidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Australoacaste Benedetto and Martel
2002Australoacaste Jell and Adrain p. 346

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyAcastoidea
familyCalmoniidaeDelo 1935
genusAustraloacasteBenedetto and Martel 1976

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.

G. †Australoacaste Benedetto and Martel 1976
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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: carnivoresubo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-15 22:58:06
Modified: 2009-12-16 00:58:06
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Wenlock to the top of the Sheinwoodian or 433.40000 to 430.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Telychian - Sheinwoodian438.5 - 430.5Argentina A. palpalensis (25103)
Wenlock - Ludlow433.4 - 423.0Argentina A. palpalensis (25060 25062)