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Poliella leipalox

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dolichometopidae

Taxonomy
Poliella leipalox was named by Fritz (1968). Its type specimen is USNM 153581, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pioche Shale, Bed 72, which is in a Delamaran carbonate limestone/shale in the Pioche Shale Formation of Nevada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Poliella leipalox Fritz p. 208 figs. Pl. 38, fig. 27

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyDolichometopidae
genusPoliella()
speciesleipalox

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.

Poliella leipalox Fritz 1968
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-02-26 12:19:05
Modified: 2009-02-26 14:19:05
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009

Age range: Delamaran or 511.20000 to 506.50000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (Nevada) Poliella leipalox (77188 155978 155979 155984 155985 type locality: 155991 155993 155998)