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Eurekiidae

Trilobita - Asaphida - Eurekiidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Eurekiidae Hupé
1997Eurekiidae Whittington et al. p. 301
2005Eurekiidae Westrop et al.
2011Eurekiidae Adrain p. 108

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
familyEurekiidaeHupé 1953
familyEurekiidaeHupé 1953

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.

Fm. †Eurekiidae Hupé 1953
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G. †Arcadiaspis Westrop et al. 2005
G. †Bandalaspis Ivshin 1962
G. †Bayfieldia Clark 1924
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†Bayfieldia binodosa Hall 1863
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Invalid names: Bayfieldia finkelnburgi Clark 1924 [synonym], Corbinia implumis Winston and Nicholls 1967 [synonym]
†Bayfieldia simata Winston and Nicholls 1967
†Bayfieldia tumifrons Clark 1924
G. †Corbina
G. †Corbinia Walcott 1924
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†Corbinia horatio Walcott 1924
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Invalid names: Corbinia valida Walcott 1925 [synonym]
G. †Eurekia Walcott 1924
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†Eurekia apopsis Winston and Nicholls 1967
†Eurekia eos Hall 1863
†Eurekia plectocanthus Loch et al. 1993
†Eurekia rintintini Adrain and Westrop 2004
†Eurekia ulrichi Rasetti 1945
G. †Leocephalus Ivshin 1962
G. †Lochmanaspis Ivshin 1962
G. †Magnacephalus Stitt 1971
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†Magnacephalus smilus Stitt 1971
G. †Maladia Rose 1983
G. †Tostonia Walcott 1924
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-13 22:57:25
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:57:25
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Sunwaptan to the top of the Skullrockian or 493.50000 to 483.40000 Ma

Collections (100 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cambrian538.8 - 486.85USA (Alaska) Tostonia sp. (114982)
Franconian497.0 - 486.85USA (Montana) Maladia sp. (247)
Furongian497.0 - 486.85Canada (Alberta) Bayfieldia sp., Corbinia horatio (229379 229380)
Merioneth497.0 - 486.85USA (Vermont) Eurekia spp. (6871)
Iverian494.2 - 491.0Australia (Queensland) Tostonia sp. (198279)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9USA (Texas) Eurekia eos (185210)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Eurekia ulrichi (81270 81271)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9USA (Nevada) Eurekia rintintini, Corbinia implumis (235995) Eurekia sp. (8975)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9Canada (Alberta) Corbinia horatio (11077 11078 11079 11080 11081) Corbinia implumis (54093 81305) Eurekia eos (81301) Eurekia eos, Bayfieldia simata (54096 81298) Eurekia longifrons, Bayfieldia sp., Corbinia implumis (54094)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9USA (Oklahoma) Bayfieldia binodosa (182591 190350 240459 240469 240470 240472) Bayfieldia binodosa, Bayfieldia simata, Magnacephalus smilus (240457) Bayfieldia simata (240401 240448 240450 240456) Eurekia eos (240393 240399 240400 240412 240415 240416 240417 240419 240441 240442 240443 240444 240447 240451 240453) Eurekia eos, Bayfieldia simata (240418 240445 240454) Magnacephalus smilus (240458 240464)
Stage 10 - Skullrockian491.0 - 483.4USA (Oklahoma) Corbinia apopsis (240384)
Dolgellian490.2 - 486.85Canada (Quebec) Bayfieldia ulrichi (8933)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (Nevada) Eurekia angustifrons, Eurekia dissimilis, Eurekia granulosa, Tostonia iole, Corbinia sp. (233789) Eurekia indet., Eurekiidae indet. (50831) Eurekia sp. (204002) Tostonia sp., Eurekiidae indet. (203998)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (Oklahoma) Bayfieldia binodosa (221097 221102)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85Canada (Yukon) Eurekia apopsis, Eurekia ulrichi (55312 55313) Eurekia bacata (55311) Eurekia sp. (55285 55308) Eurekia ulrichi (55310)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85Canada (Quebec) Bayfieldia tumifrons (224140)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (Utah) Eurekia sp., Bayfieldia sp. (259)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Corbinia apopsis (105857)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (Wisconsin) Corbinia burkhalteri, Arcadiaspis bispinata, Eurekia eos (54180) Eurekia sp., Corbina sp. (256)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (Wyoming) Bayfieldia bindosa (9767 9768) Bayfieldia simata (9774) Eurekia sp. (9776)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85Canada (Alberta) Corbinia horatio, Eurekia apopsis (54119)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (Montana) Eurekia binodosa (168863)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (Texas) Bayfieldia simata (219648 219651 219655 219678 233747) Bayfieldia simiata (233745) Corbinia apopsis (216009 216016 219656) Eurekia eos (216015 219652 219654 219657) Eurekia eos, Bayfieldia simata (216014)
Trempealeauan - Skullrockian490.2 - 483.4USA (Oklahoma) Corbinia apopsis (240385)
Skullrockian488.9 - 483.4USA (Texas) Bayfieldia simata var. A Winston and Nicholls 1967, Bayfieldia binodosa, Bayfieldia simata (219680) Corbinia apopsis (189086 240193)
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1Canada (Yukon) Eurekia apopsis (55315)
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Eurekia ulrichi (81289 81290)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1USA (Texas) Tostonia sp. (223754)