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Syspacephalus werneckensis

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Taxonomy
Syspacephalus werneckensis was named by Fritz (1991). Its type specimen is GSC 91722, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Collection 90666, which is in a Dyeran marine dolomite/limestone in the Illtyd Formation of Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Syspacephalus werneckensis Fritz p. 35 figs. Pl. 6, figs 9-10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyPtychopariidaeMatthew 1887
genusSyspacephalusPoulson 1927
specieswerneckensis

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-09 21:28:10
Modified: 2009-06-09 23:28:10
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Dyeran or 515.30000 to 509.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dyeran515.3 - 509.7Canada (Yukon Territory) Syspacephalus werneckensis (type locality: 156223)