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Chlupaciparia oculata

Trilobita - Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae

Taxonomy
Pteroparia oculata was named by Feist and Clarkson (1989). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is VS-E 100. Southern slope of Pic de Bissous Peak, which is in a Frasnian carbonate limestone in the Coumiac Formation of France.

It was recombined as Chlupaciparia oculata by Feist (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Pteroparia oculata Feist and Clarkson p. 373 figs. 4D–F, 5B, 9
2003Chlupaciparia oculata Feist p. 440 figs. Plate III, figs 6–8

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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
speciesoculata(Feist and Clarkson 1989)

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 oculata Feist and Clarkson 1989
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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: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Middle Frasnian or 382.40000 to 379.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Frasnian382.4 - 379.5France (Montagne Noire) Pteroparia oculata (type locality: 223299)