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Constantina pulchra

Trilobita - Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae

Taxonomy
Constantina pulchra was named by Cisne (1970). Its type specimen is YPM 26290, an exoskeleton (nearly complete specimen), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Warren, which is in a Famennian marine horizon in the Chemung Formation of Pennsylvania.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Constantina pulchra Cisne pp. 522 - 523 figs. 1-2
1994Constantina pulchra Owens fig. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyTropidocoryphidaePribyl 1946
genusConstantina
speciespulchra

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.

Constantina pulchra Cisne 1970
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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: 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: Famennian or 372.20000 to 358.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Famennian372.2 - 358.9USA (Pennsylvania) Constantina pulchra (type locality: 54952)