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Caborcella collaris

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Taxonomy
Schistometopus collaris was named by Rasetti (1951). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is W20d. Eiffel Peak, which is in a Delamaran marine limestone/shale in the Mt. Whyte Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Caborcella collaris by Sundberg (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Schistometopus collaris Rasetti pp. 239 - 241 figs. Plate 14, figures 1-3
2004Caborcella collaris Sundberg pp. Appendix 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyPtychopariidaeMatthew 1887
genusCaborcella
speciescollaris()

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.

Caborcella collaris Rasetti 1951
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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
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 20:00:46
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:30:51
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Middle Cambrian to the top of the Delamaran or 509.00000 to 506.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5Canada (British Columbia) Schistometopus collaris (225263 225264)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Canada (British Columbia) Schistometopus collaris (188658)