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Caborcella

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Taxonomy
Caborcella was named by Lochman (1948) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Tojo-u Cm mMid-l Sepkoski's reference number: 81,474].

It was assigned to Ptychopariidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Ptychopariida by Palmer and Halley (1979) and Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1948Caborcella Lochman p. 461
1979Caborcella Palmer and Halley p. 101
2002Caborcella Jell and Adrain p. 353
2002Caborcella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyPtychopariidaeMatthew 1887
genusCaborcella

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. †Caborcella Lochman 1948
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†Caborcella arrojosensis Lochman 1948
†Caborcella collaris Rasetti 1951
†Caborcella pseudaulax Palmer and Halley 1979
†Caborcella reducta Palmer and Halley 1979
†Caborcella trifossatus Mason 1935
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
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 20:00:46
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:30:51
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Dyeran to the top of the Delamaran or 515.30000 to 506.50000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2USA (Virginia) C. sp. (195)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (Nevada) C. pseudaulax, C. reducta (149569) C. sp. (155997)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (California) Acrocephalites trifossatus (191414) C. sp. (226840)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5Canada (British Columbia) Schistometopus collaris (225263 225264)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (Nevada and California) C. sp. (202)
Delamaran - Menevian511.2 - 499.5Mexico C. arrojosensis (10687)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Canada (Northwest Territories) C. sp. (88787)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Canada (British Columbia) Schistometopus collaris (188658)
St Davids509.0 - 497.0USA (Nevada) C. reducta (50093 50295)