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Billevittia adraini

Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae

Taxonomy
Billevittia adraini was named by Edgecombe and Ramsköld (1996). Its type specimen is UA 9872, a cephalon/head (crandium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Section AV3 060m, Avalanche Lake, which is in a Telychian offshore shelf limestone/shale in the Whittaker Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Billevittia adraini Edgecombe and Ramsköld pp. 228 - 229 figs. Pl. 33, figs. 1-30 ; P1. 34, figs, 1-27

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyEncrinuridaeAngelin 1854
subfamilyEncrinurinaeAngelin 1854
genusBillevittia
speciesadraini

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.

Billevittia adraini Edgecombe and Ramsköld 1996
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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
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2009-06-11 14:51:52
Modified: 2009-06-11 16:52:10
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Telychian or 438.50000 to 433.40000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Canada (Northwest Territories) Billevittia adraini (26044 192920 type locality: 192921)