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Housia

Artiopoda - Olenida - Pterocephaliidae

Taxonomy
Dolichometopus (Housia) was named by Walcott (1916). Its type is Dolichometopus (Housia) varro.

It was reranked as Housia by Resser (1936), Jell and Adrain (2002), Sepkoski (2002).

It was assigned to Dolichometopus by Walcott (1916); to Corynexochidae by Resser (1936); to Pterocephaliidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002).

Subtaxa
H. ovata, H. vacuna, H. varro
Species lacking formal opinion data
H. canadensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Dolichometopus (Housia) Walcott p. 374
1936Housia Resser p. 23
2002Housia Jell and Adrain p. 385
2002Housia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyPterocephaliidaeKobayashi 1935
genusHousia()

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.

G. †Housia Walcott 1916
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†Housia ovata Palmer 1960
†Housia vacuna Walcott 1890
†Housia varro Walcott 1916
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-10 09:25:51
Modified: 2009-06-10 11:25:51
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Steptoean to the top of the Sunwaptan or 497.00000 to 488.90000 Ma

Collections (54 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Pennsylvania) H. vacuna (156629 156630 156632 156634 156642 156669 156670)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5Canada (British Columbia) H. vacuna (219685)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Nevada) H. ovata (75273 110627 110628 110629 110630 114296 114297 114298 114605 114606 114607 114608)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5Canada (Alberta) H. vacuna (54076 54078)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Utah) H. ovata (240242)
Sakian497.0 - 492.8Kazakhstan H. sp. (118254)
Franconian497.0 - 486.85USA (Wisconsin) H. sp. (267)
Franconian497.0 - 486.85USA (Montana) H. canadensis (244) H. sp. (242 246)
Franconian497.0 - 486.85USA (Wyoming) H. sp. (9047)
Franconian497.0 - 486.85USA (Missouri) H. ovata (9155 9156 9191 9196 9199 9200)
Franconian497.0 - 486.85USA (Arkansas) H. vacuna (77107)
Furongian497.0 - 486.85USA (Utah) H. sp. (156459 156460 156471)
Furongian497.0 - 486.85USA (Arkansas) H. vacuna (229128 229129 229131 229133 229193 229194 229195 229196 229197 229198)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9USA (Utah) H. varro (225282)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9Canada (Alberta) H. vacuna (54077)
Dolgellian490.2 - 486.85USA (Pennsylvania) H. vacuna (62077 62078 62081)