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Balnibarbiinae

Trilobita - Olenida - Olenidae

Taxonomy
Balnibarbiinae was named by Fortey (1974). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Olenidae by Fortey (1974), Fortey and Droser (1999).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Balnibarbiinae Fortey p. 13
1999Balnibarbiinae Fortey and Droser p. 187

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyOlenidaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyBalnibarbiinae
subfamilyBalnibarbiinae

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.

Subfm. †Balnibarbiinae Fortey 1974
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G. †Balnibarbi Fortey 1974
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Balnibarbi erugata Fortey 1974
Balnibarbi pulvurea Fortey 1974
Balnibarbi scimitar Fortey 1974
Balnibarbi sombrero Fortey 1974
Balnibarbi tholia Fortey 1974
G. †Cloacaspis Fortey 1974
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Cloacaspis ceryx Fortey 1974
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Cloacaspis ceryx ceryx Fortey 1974
Cloacaspis dejecta Fortey 1974
Cloacaspis ekphymosa Fortey 1974
Cloacaspis senilis Fortey 1974
Cloacaspis tesselata Fortey and Droser 1999
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
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:16:45
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:27:27
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Billingen to the top of the Dapingian or 474.80000 to 467.30000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ibexian487.5 - 470.0Norway (Spitsbergen) Balnibarbi pulvurea, Balnibarbi ceryx, Balnibarbi ceryx, Balnibarbi sombrero, Cloacaspis dejecta (106471) Balnibarbi pulvurea, Balnibarbi erugata, Cloacaspis dejecta (106472) Balnibarbi scimitar (106470) Cloacaspis ekphymosa (106475)
Early/Lower Ordovician485.4 - 470.0USA (Alaska) Triarthrus sp. (100357)
Floian477.7 - 470.0Norway (Spitsbergen) Balnibarbi ceryx, Balnibarbi ceryx (209642) Cloacaspis ceryx (209644)
Blackhillsian474.9 - 470.0USA (California) Cloacaspis ceryx (40732) Parabolinella sp. (104272)
Billingen474.8 - 471.1Norway (Spitsbergen) Balnibarbi pulvurea, Balnibarbi tholia (106473)
Rangerian470.0 - 470.3USA (Nevada) Cloacaspis tesselata (104653)
Dapingian470.0 - 467.3USA (Nevada) Cloacaspis tesselata (208026)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3Norway (Spitsbergen) Cloacaspis ekphymosa (106476) Cloacaspis senilis (106477)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4USA (Alaska) Triarthrus sp. (101853)