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Dionididae

Artiopoda - Trinucleida - Dionididae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Dionididae Gürich
1997Dionididae Whittington et al. p. 301
2002Dionididae Jell and Adrain p. 470
2011Dionididae Adrain p. 107
2020Dionididae Bignon et al. p. 1072

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyDionididaeGürich 1907
familyDionididaeGürich 1907

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. †Dionididae Gürich 1907
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G. †Aethedionide Zhou and Ju 1983
G. †Digrypos Kobayashi 1940
G. †Dionide Barrande 1847
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†Dionide formosa Barrande 1846
†Dionide holdeni Raymond 1925
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Invalid names: Dionide contrita Raymond 1920 [synonym]
†Dionide jubata Raymond 1925
†Dionide magnifica Owen and Bruton 1980
†Dionide mareki Henry and Romano 1978
†Dionide prima Kloucek 1917
†Dionide semicircula Owen 1981
Invalid names: Dionidepyga Snajdr 1981 [synonym]
G. †Dionidella Prantl and Pribyl 1950
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Subg. †Dionidella (Huangnigangia) Han and Ju 1983
†Dionidella incisa Prantl and Přibyl 1949
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Invalid names: Dionidella (Huangnigangia) subquadrata Han and Ju 1983 [synonym]
†Dionidella venusta Zhou et al. 2014
G. †Tongxinaspis Zhou 1981
G. †Trinucleoides Raymond 1917
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-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-12-13 22:55:06
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:55:06
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Sarka to the top of the Kosovian or 469.40000 to 443.10000 Ma

Collections (88 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenig477.1 - 468.0United Kingdom (England) Dionide sp. (3706) Dionidella sp. (3704 3708)
Middle Ordovician - Ordovician471.3 - 443.1France Dionide mareki (174545 174546 174547 174548)
Sarka469.4 - 463.3Czechia Dionide prima (3857)
Early/Lower Llanvirn468.0 - 461.1United Kingdom Dionide levigena (69811 69814 69834 69838)
Early/Lower Llanvirn468.0 - 461.1United Kingdom (England) Dionide sp. (3707)
Oretanian468.0 - 461.0Morocco Dionide sp. (56176)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2China (QingHai) Dionide sp. (8681)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2Czechia (Prague) Dionide sp., Trinucleoides sp. (76458)
Early/Lower Llandeilo461.1 - 458.2China (Hubei) Dionide sp. (4711)
Early/Lower Llandeilo461.1 - 458.2Sweden Trinucleoides sp. (2939)
Dobrotivian461.0 - 459.7Czechia (Central Bohemia) Dionide jubata (192908)
Dobrotivian461.0 - 459.7Czechia Dionidella incisa, Dionide jubata (3859)
Dobrotivian461.0 - 459.7France (Orne) Dionide sp. (20838)
Dobrotivian461.0 - 459.7France (Ille-et-Vilaine) Dionide mareki (20883)
Dobrotivian461.0 - 459.7Portugal Dionide sp. (20958)
Dobrotivian461.0 - 459.7France Dionide sp. (21004)
Berounian459.7 - 450.1Czechia (Prague) Dionide formosa (76472)
Vinice459.3 - 457.3Czechia Dionide formosa (3864)
Bohdalec459.3 - 445.2Czechia (Praha) Dionide sp. (99690)
Vinice - Late/Upper Ordovician459.3 - 443.1Czechia Dionide formosa (3863)
Costonian - Harnagian458.2 - 457.2Norway Dionide sp. (3255)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.2 - 454.0Norway Dionide sp. (2948)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.2 - 454.0China (JiangXi) Dionide sp. (7750)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.2 - 454.0China (JiangSu) Dionide sp. (7943)
Sandbian458.2 - 452.8USA (Virginia) Dionide sp. (178258 178259)
Sandbian458.2 - 452.8Kazakhstan Dionide sp. (162194) Dionide sp., Aethedionide sp. (162196)
Sandbian458.2 - 452.8China (Xinjiang) Dionide miaopoensis (188343)
Gisbornian458.2 - 452.3China Dionide sp. (187887)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5USA (Virginia) Dionide sp. (326 327)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5China (YunNan) Dionide sp. (7743)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5China (XinJiang) Dionide sp. (20801 20802)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5Türkiye Dionide formosa (192900)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Virginia) Dionide sp. (76336)
Ashbyan - Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Virginia) Dionide holdeni (73404)
Longvillian - Marshbrookian457.2 - 454.0China (AnHui) Dionide sp. (7859)
Burrellian456.6 - 452.5United Kingdom (Scotland) Dionide sp. (165043)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5China (JiangSu) Dionide sp. (7929 7942)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5China (AnHui) Dionide sp. (7835 7848)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5China (ShanXi) Dionide sp. (7917)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5China (Sichuan) Trinucleoides sp. (7255)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5China (JiangXi) Dionide sp. (7749)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5China (ZheJiang) Dionide sp. (7768 7809)
Onnian - Pusgillian453.0 - 449.2Norway (Hadeland) Dionide sp. (163381)
Oandu452.8 - 451.8Norway Dionide sp., Dionide magnifica (162532)
Katian452.8 - 445.2Ireland Dionide richardsoni (162246)
Katian452.8 - 445.2China (JiangSu) Dionide regalis (192793 192796) Dionide regalis, Dionidella subquadrata (192794)
Katian452.8 - 445.2Kazakhstan Aethedionide sp. (162198)
Katian452.8 - 445.2Russian Federation (Siberia) Dionide sp. (205628)
Katian452.8 - 445.2China (Xinjiang) Dionide miaopoensis (188363 188372) Dionidella venusta (188376 188378)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6Canada (Quebec) Dionide sp. (13128)
Nabala450.5 - 449.9Norway Dionide magnifica (162634)
Harju450.5 - 443.1Sweden Dionide sp. (378 379)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Norway (Baerum) Dionide semicircula (163403)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Sweden (Vastergotland) Dionide euglypta (74932)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1China (GuangXi) Dionide sp. (4672)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1USA (Maine) Dionide sp. (185954)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2Norway Dionide semicircula (163338 163339)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2Morocco (Zagora) Dionide sp. (193841)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2Norway (Oslo) Dionide semicircula (163300)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (England) Dionide sp. (3666 3671 3676 3681)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2Norway (Oslo-Asker) Dionide sp. (366)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2Norway (Oslo Asker) Dionide semicircula (163346)
Kosovian445.2 - 443.1Morocco (Maïder) Dionide sp. (20996)