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Elliptocephala praenuntius

Artiopoda - Redlichiida - Wanneriidae

Taxonomy
Olenellus praenuntius was named by Cowie (1968). Its type specimen is GSC 18040 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Elliptocephala praenuntius by Lieberman (1999), Hollingsworth (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Olenellus praenuntius Cowie p. 9 figs. pl. 1, figs. 1–10
1999Elliptocephala praenuntius Lieberman pp. 57 - 58
2005Elliptocephala praenuntius Hollingsworth p. 133 figs. Figure 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderOlenellina
superfamilyOlenelloidea
familyWanneriidae(Hupé 1952)
genusElliptocephala
speciespraenuntius(Cowie 1968)

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
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Created: 2009-09-21 20:18:56
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:43:00
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 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 - 509.7USA (Nevada) Elliptocephala praenuntius (204959)