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Deltina angustigena

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Taxonomy
Deltina angustigena was named by Sundberg (1994). Its type specimen is KUMIP 204728, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Deltina angustigena Sundberg pp. 108 - 109 figs. Figure 69

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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
genusDeltina
speciesangustigena

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.

Deltina angustigena Sundberg 1994
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
F. A. Sundberg 1994Deltina with cranidium with very narrow to narrow preglabellar field, moderate length to long palpebral lobes (30-45% glabellar length), moderately curved anterior border, smooth exo- skeleton.
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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available