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Heterocaryon tuberculatum

Artiopoda - Harpetida - Heterocaryonidae

Taxonomy
Heterocaryon tuberculatum was named by Rasetti (1944). Its type specimen is Laval Univ. 1123, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Heterocaryon tuberculatum Rasetti p. 241

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderHarpetida(Whittington 1959)
familyHeterocaryonidaeHupé 1953
genusHeterocaryonRaymond 1937
speciestuberculatum

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.

Heterocaryon tuberculatum Rasetti 1944
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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-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedg
Created: 2010-02-01 10:47:31
Modified: 2010-02-01 12:47:31
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Jell and Adrain 2002

Age range: base of the Trempealeauan to the top of the Sunwaptan or 490.20000 to 488.90000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Heterocaryon tuberculatum (81269)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9USA (Oklahoma) Heterocaryon tuberculatum (240447)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85Canada (Quebec) Heterocaryon tuberculatum (224136 224138 224139)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (Oklahoma) Heterocaryon tuberculatum (221097)