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Briscoia elegans

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Dikelocephalidae

Taxonomy
Parabriscoia elegans was named by Kobayashi (1935).

It was recombined as Briscoia elegans by Palmer (1968).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Parabriscoia elegans Kobayashi p. 53 figs. pl. 10, figs. 8-10
1935Parabriscoia stenorachis Kobayashi p. 53 figs. pl. 10, fig. 12
1968Briscoia elegans Palmer p. B60 figs. Plate 15, figures 6, 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyDikelocephaloidea(Miller 1889)
familyDikelocephalidae(Miller 1889)
genusBriscoiaWalcott 1924
specieselegans()

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.

Briscoia elegans Kobayashi 1935
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Invalid names: Parabriscoia stenorachis Kobayashi 1935 [synonym]
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-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-13 22:54:18
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:54:18
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Paibian to the top of the Trempealeauan or 497.00000 to 486.85000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paibian497.0 - 494.2USA (Alaska) Briscoia elegans (233751)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85Canada (Yukon) Parabriscoia elegans (55305 55307)