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Caborcella reducta

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Taxonomy
Caborcella reducta was named by Palmer and Halley (1979). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Groom Range, Carrara Fm, Pahrump Hills Shale Member Mbr. (USGS 3547-CO), which is in a Delamaran paralic mudstone/shale in the Carrara Formation of Nevada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Caborcella reducta Palmer and Halley p. 102 figs. Plate 13, figures 7, 8

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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
genusCaborcella
speciesreducta

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.

Caborcella reducta Palmer and Halley 1979
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 20:00:46
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:30:51
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the St Davids to the top of the Delamaran or 506.50000 to 505.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3USA (Nevada) Caborcella reducta (type locality: 149569)
St Davids506.5 - 497.0USA (Nevada) Caborcella reducta (50093 50295)