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Acanthomicmacca (Acanthomicmacca) ellipsocephaloides

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Chengkouiidae

Taxonomy
Micmacca ellipsocephaloides was named by Cobbold (1910). Its type specimen is SMC A117a, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Acanthomicmacca ellipsocephaloides by Landing et al. (2008); it was recombined as Acanthomicmacca (Acanthomicmacca) ellipsocephaloides by Geyer (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Micmacca ellipsocephaloides Cobbold
2008Acanthomicmacca ellipsocephaloides Landing et al. p. 896
2016Acanthomicmacca (Acanthomicmacca) ellipsocephaloides Geyer p. 255

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderCorynexochinaKobayashi 1935
familyChengkouiidaeZhu 1980
genusAcanthomicmaccaHupé 1953
subgenusAcanthomicmaccaHupé 1953
speciesellipsocephaloides(Cobbold 1910)

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.

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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: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-14 06:20:34
Modified: 2009-12-14 08:20:34
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Branchian or 516.20000 to 506.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Branchian516.2 - 506.5United Kingdom (England) Micmacca ellipsocephaloides (79928)