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Lunacrania nasuta

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Missisquoiidae

Taxonomy
Missisquoia nasuta was named by Winston and Nicholls (1967). Its type specimen is USNM 185922, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Lunacrania nasuta by Westrop and Adrain (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Missisquoia nasuta Winston and Nicholls
2014Lunacrania nasuta Westrop and Adrain p. 150

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderLeiostegiinaBradley 1925
superfamilyLeiostegioideaBradley 1925
familyMissisquoiidaeHupé 1953
genusLunacraniaIvshin 1962
speciesnasuta(Winston and Nicholls 1967)

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.

Lunacrania nasuta Winston and Nicholls 1967
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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: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2010-01-28 01:25:55
Modified: 2010-01-28 03:25:55
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Trempealeauan or 492.50000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Missisquoia nasuta (105869)
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4USA (Texas) Missisquoia nasuta (216008)