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Cloacaspis ceryx ceryx

Artiopoda - Olenida - Olenidae

Taxonomy
Balnibarbi ceryx ceryx was named by Fortey (1974). Its type specimen is SMA 84034, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Cloacaspis ceryx ceryx by Hopkins (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Balnibarbi ceryx ceryx Fortey p. 28 figs. Pl. 8, fig. 1
2019Cloacaspis ceryx ceryx Hopkins p. 13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyOlenidaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyBalnibarbiinae
genusCloacaspis
speciesceryx()
subspeciesceryx()

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.

†Cloacaspis ceryx ceryx Fortey 1974
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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
Adult width: 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 18:16:45
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:27:27
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Ibexian or 488.90000 to 471.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ibexian488.9 - 471.3Norway (Spitsbergen) Balnibarbi ceryx (106471)