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Nepea delicata

Trilobita - Nepeidae

Taxonomy
Nepea delicata was named by Jago et al. (2004). Its type specimen is UTGD125011 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cambrian Rocks, Native Tier Track, which is in a Boomerangian marine siltstone/sandstone in Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Nepea delicata Jago et al. p. 41 figs. 7A-G

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
familyNepeidaeWhitehouse 1939
genusNepeaWhitehouse 1939
speciesdelicata

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.

†Nepea delicata Jago et al. 2004
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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: 2010-01-03 23:02:54
Modified: 2010-01-04 01:02:54
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Boomerangian or 500.50000 to 499.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Boomerangian500.5 - 499.0Australia (Tasmania) Nepea delicata (type locality: 69973)