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Distyrax maccormicki

Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae

Taxonomy
Distyrax maccormicki was named by Chatterton and Ludvigsen (2004). Its type specimen is GSC 122493, a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is AN78, which is in a Telychian open shallow subtidal shale/limestone in the Jupiter Formation of Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Distyrax maccormicki Chatterton and Ludvigsen p. 60 figs. Pl. 60, fig. 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyEncrinuridaeAngelin 1854
genusDistyraxLane 1988
speciesmaccormicki

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.

Distyrax maccormicki Chatterton and Ludvigsen 2004
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2009-06-11 14:51:52
Modified: 2009-06-11 16:52:10
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Telychian or 438.50000 to 433.40000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Canada (Quebec) Distyrax maccormicki (184641 186043 186044 186053 186055 186074 186086 186087 type locality: 187769)