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Chlupaciparia (Chlupaciparia) planiops

Trilobita - Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae

Taxonomy
Chlupaciparia (Chlupaciparia) planiops was named by Feist and McNamara (2013). Its type specimen is WAM 11.229, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 09. Windy Knolls, Bugle Gap, 1 km south of Waggon Pass, which is in a Frasnian perireef or subreef limestone in the Virgin Hills Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Chlupaciparia (Chlupaciparia) planiops Feist and McNamara pp. 249-250 figs. 5A, E, G

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyTropidocoryphidaePribyl 1946
subfamilyTropidocoryphinaePribyl 1946
genusChlupaciparia
subgenusChlupacipariaFeist 2003
speciesplaniops

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.

Chlupaciparia (Chlupaciparia) planiops Feist and McNamara 2013
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. Feist and K. J. McNamara 2013Cephalon with upturned, uninflated border; glabella wide, anteriorly truncated; eyes with subdued, uninflated, large visual surface with numerous tiny lenses.
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: deposit feedero
Created: 2012-08-27 22:22:34
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:22:49
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: Late/Upper Frasnian or 379.50000 to 376.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1Australia (Western Australia) Chlupaciparia planiops (type locality: 216426)