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Poliella

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dolichometopidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Bathyuriscus (Poliella) Walcott p. 349
1925Bornemannia Walcott
1979Poliella Palmer and Halley p. 79
1998Poliella Eddy and McCollum p. 869
2002Poliella Jell and Adrain p. 428
2002Poliella Sepkoski
2003Poliella Sundberg and McCollum p. 339

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

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. †Poliella Walcott 1916
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†Poliella castlensis Resser 1935
†Poliella denticulata Rasetti 1951
†Poliella germana Resser 1939
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Invalid names: Dolichometopsis gravis Resser 1939 [synonym], Dolichometopsis potens Resser 1939 [synonym], Ptarmigania agrestis Resser 1939 [synonym], Ptarmigania altilis Resser 1939 [synonym], Ptarmigania dignata Resser 1939 [synonym]
†Poliella leipalox Fritz 1968
†Poliella lomataspis Palmer and Halley 1979
†Poliella ovala Sundberg and McCollum 2003
Invalid names: Bornemannia Walcott 1925 [synonym]
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Dyeran to the top of the Merioneth or 515.30000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections (56 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2USA (Virginia) P. virginica (195)
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2USA (Pennsylvania) P. bala (11116)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (Nevada) P. denticulata (77203 77204) P. germana (149564 149565 149566) P. leipalox (155993 155998) P. leipalox, P. denticulata, P. germana (77188 155978 155979 155985 155991) P. leipalox, P. germana (155984) P. lomataspis (149363 149561) P. sp. (10587)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (Nevada and California) P. sp. (202)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (Idaho) P. caranus, P. anteros (76096) P. sp. (207)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (California) P. sp. (219702)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5Canada (British Columbia) Bathyuriscus primus (50544) P. prima (121959) P. prima, P. denticulata (225262) P. sp. (197)
Solvan510.2 - 504.5USA (Nevada) P. denticulata (9442) P. germana (9443 9463)
St Davids509.0 - 497.0USA (Nevada) P. denticulata (50108 50113 50294 50327 50328) P. denticulata, P. lomataspis (50094 50095 50107 50114 50293 50330 50331 50338) P. lomataspis (50093 50292 50329) P. ovala (50098 50110) P. prima (50097 50301 50336) P. sp. (50101 50106 50323)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5USA (Idaho) Ptarmigania germana, Dolichometopsis potens, Dolichometopsis gravis, Ptarmigania agrestis, Ptarmigania altilis, Ptarmigania dignata (50208)
Merioneth497.0 - 485.4USA (Idaho) P. sp. (198)
Merioneth497.0 - 485.4Canada (British Columbia) P. sp. (199)