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Onchonotus nasutus

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Catillicephalidae

Taxonomy
Levisia nasuta was named by Walcott (1911). Its type specimen is USNM 57600, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Onchonotus nasutus by Raymond (1924).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. antiqus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Levisia nasuta Walcott
1924Onchonotus nasutus Raymond

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyCatillicephalidaeRaymond 1938
genusOnchonotusRaymond 1924
speciesnasutus(Walcott 1911)

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.

†Onchonotus nasutus Walcott 1911
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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: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 03:50:16
Modified: 2009-12-19 05:50:16
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Trempealeauan or 490.20000 to 486.85000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85Canada (Quebec) Onchonotus nasutus (224138 224140 224150)