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Tuzoia dunbari

Tuzoida - Tuzoiidae

Taxonomy
Tuzoia dunbari was named by Resser (1929). It is not extant. Its type locality is USNM locality 12x, Getz Quarry, which is in a Dyeran marine shale in the Kinzers Formation of Pennsylvania.

It was considered an invalid subgroup of Tuzoia by Vannier et al. (2007).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Tuzoia dunbari Resser pp. 11, 14 figs. pl. 7, fig. 1; pl. 9, fig. 1
1938Tuzoia dunbari Resser and Howell p. 230

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
orderTuzoidaSimonetta and Delle Cave 1975
familyTuzoiidaeRaymond 1935
genusTuzoiaWalcott 1912
speciesdunbariResser 1929

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.

Tuzoia dunbari Resser 1929
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: nektobenthicg
Diet: omnivoreg
Created: 2009-04-21 09:53:01
Modified: 2009-04-21 11:53:01
Source: g = genus
Reference: Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Dyeran or 515.30000 to 511.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2USA (Pennsylvania) Tuzoia dunbari (192 type locality: 226192)