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Benedettia

Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae

Taxonomy
Benedettia was named by Toro and Mondali (1981). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Pliomeridae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Benedettia Toro and Mondali
2002Benedettia Jell and Adrain p. 348

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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
familyPliomeridaeRaymond 1913
genusBenedettiaToro and Mondali 1981

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. †Benedettia Toro and Mondali 1981
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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 18:29:43
Modified: 2009-12-16 01:33:48
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Arenig or 478.60000 to 466.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Argentina B. sp. (8719 8721)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Argentina (San Juan) B. sp. (8743)