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Zacanthoides is an extinct Cambrian genus of corynexochid trilobite. It was a nektobenthic predatory carnivore. Its remains have been found in Canada ( British Columbia, especially in the Burgess Shale, and Newfoundland), Greenland, Mexico, and the United States ( Alaska, Nevada, Utah, Vermont, and Idaho for which Z. idahoensis is named). [1] Its major characteristics are a slender exoskeleton with 9 thoracic segments, pleurae with long spines, additional spines on the axial rings, and a pygidium that is considerably smaller than its cephalon. [2]
- Z. idahoensis
- Z. kelsayae
- Z. romingeri ( type species)
- Z. holopygus (unrecognized)
- Z. gilberti (unrecognized)
Embolimus is a synonym. [3] [4]
- ^ "Zacanthoides" Paleobiology Database, accessed March 28, 2011
- ^ Coppold, Murray and Wayne Powell (2006). A Geoscience Guide to the Burgess Shale, p.58. The Burgess Shale Geoscience Foundation, Field, British Columbia. ISBN 0-9780132-0-4.
- ^ Jell, P.A. & J.M. Adrain 2003. "Available generic names for trilobites" (PDF). (1.52 MiB) Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 48(2): 331-553. [see also Alphabetical Listing of Trilobite Generic Names
- ^ Sepkoski, J.J. Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. D.J. Jablonski & M.L. Foote (eds.). Bulletins of American Paleontology 363: 1–560. Sepkoski's Online Genus Database
- "Zacanthoides romingeri". Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. 2011. Archived from the original on 2020-11-12. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
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| Zacanthoides | |
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| Genus: | Zacanthoides Walcott, 1888
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Zacanthoides is an extinct Cambrian genus of corynexochid trilobite. It was a nektobenthic predatory carnivore. Its remains have been found in Canada ( British Columbia, especially in the Burgess Shale, and Newfoundland), Greenland, Mexico, and the United States ( Alaska, Nevada, Utah, Vermont, and Idaho for which Z. idahoensis is named). [1] Its major characteristics are a slender exoskeleton with 9 thoracic segments, pleurae with long spines, additional spines on the axial rings, and a pygidium that is considerably smaller than its cephalon. [2]
- Z. idahoensis
- Z. kelsayae
- Z. romingeri ( type species)
- Z. holopygus (unrecognized)
- Z. gilberti (unrecognized)
Embolimus is a synonym. [3] [4]
- ^ "Zacanthoides" Paleobiology Database, accessed March 28, 2011
- ^ Coppold, Murray and Wayne Powell (2006). A Geoscience Guide to the Burgess Shale, p.58. The Burgess Shale Geoscience Foundation, Field, British Columbia. ISBN 0-9780132-0-4.
- ^ Jell, P.A. & J.M. Adrain 2003. "Available generic names for trilobites" (PDF). (1.52 MiB) Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 48(2): 331-553. [see also Alphabetical Listing of Trilobite Generic Names
- ^ Sepkoski, J.J. Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. D.J. Jablonski & M.L. Foote (eds.). Bulletins of American Paleontology 363: 1–560. Sepkoski's Online Genus Database
- "Zacanthoides romingeri". Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. 2011. Archived from the original on 2020-11-12. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
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