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Holia cimelia

Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Taxonomy
Holia cimelia was named by Whittington and Evitt (1953). It is not extant. Its type specimen is USNM 116506. Its type locality is Loc. 2. edge of quarry, just north of RR tracks ΒΌ mile west of Strasburg Junction, which is in an Ashbyan carbonate limestone in the Edinburg Formation of Virginia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Holia cimelia Whittington and Evitt pp. 85-86 figs. pl. 17 f. 7-27; pl. 18-19; pl. 21 f. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyCheiruridaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusHolia
speciescimelia

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.

Holia cimelia Whittington and Evitt 1953
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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: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: majorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedg
Created: 2009-06-10 07:34:09
Modified: 2010-01-12 05:08:38
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Turinian or 457.30000 to 453.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Virginia) Holia cimelia (73342)
Ashbyan457.3 - 449.6USA (Virginia) Holia cimelia (type locality: 73341)