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Altiocculinae

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Alokistocaridae

Taxonomy
Altiocculinae was named by Sundberg (1994). Its type is Altiocculus.

It was assigned to Ehmaniellidae by Sundberg (1994).

Subtaxa
Altiocculus (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Altiocculinae Sundberg p. 91

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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
familyAlokistocaridaeResser 1939
subfamilyAltiocculinae
subfamilyAltiocculinae

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.

Subfm. †Altiocculinae Sundberg 1994
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G. †Altiocculus Sundberg 1994
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†Altiocculus americanus Walcott 1916
†Altiocculus cataractense Rasetti 1951
†Altiocculus concavus Sundberg 1994
†Altiocculus drumensis Sundberg 1994
†Altiocculus harrisi Robison 1971
†Altiocculus sinuatum Rasetti 1951
†Altiocculus striatus Nan and Chang 1980
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 14:35:35
Modified: 2009-12-19 05:47:01
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Cambrian to the top of the Marjumian or 506.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3USA (Utah) Altiocculus concavus (10565 134117) Altiocculus drumensis (134059 134060 134061 134066)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3USA (Nevada) Altiocculus drumensis (134245)
Delamaran - Marjumian509.7 - 497.0USA (Nevada) Altiocculus drumensis (225257)
Middle Cambrian506.5 - 497.0India Altiocculus striatus (114666 116460)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Georgia) Alokistocare americanum (8390 8391 8393 8394 8396 8397 8584)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Utah) Alokistocare harrisi (56144) Altiocculus harrisi (230679 230682)