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Torifera jelli

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Alsataspididae

Taxonomy
Torifera jelli was named by Peng et al. (2009). It is not extant. Its type locality is Zanskar, Kuru 1 section - KU6, which is in a Cambrian carbonate packstone in the Karsha Formation of India.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Torifera jelli Peng et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyAlsataspididaeTurner 1940
genusToriferaWolfart 1974
speciesjelli

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.

†Torifera jelli Peng et al. 2009
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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
Created: 2009-12-13 02:52:23
Modified: 2010-01-26 06:30:18
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Middle Cambrian or 509.00000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0India Torifera jelli (114635 114663 type locality: 114665)