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Athabaskia ostheimeri

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Dolichometopidae

Taxonomy
Athabaskia ostheimeri was named by Raymond (1928). Its type locality is Columbia Glacier, which is in a St Davids marine horizon in Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Athabaskia ostheimeri Raymond

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyDolichometopidae
genusAthabaskia
speciesostheimeri

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.

†Athabaskia ostheimeri Raymond 1928
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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
Created: 2009-09-21 20:17:08
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:15:31
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: St Davids or 506.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
St Davids506.5 - 497.0Canada (Alberta) Athabaskia ostheimeri (type locality: 77882)