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Bessazoon

Trilobita - Phacopida - Dalmanitidae

Taxonomy
Bessazoon was named by Curtis and Lane (1998). It is not extant.

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

Species
B. gibbae
Species lacking formal opinion data
B. buttingtonense, B. tenuimucronatum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Bessazoon Curtis and Lane
2002Bessazoon Jell and Adrain p. 349

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyDalmanitoideaVogdes 1890
familyDalmanitidaeVogdes 1890
genusBessazoonCurtis and Lane 1998

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. †Bessazoon Curtis and Lane 1998
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†Bessazoon gibbae Chatterton and Ludvigsen 2004
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: carnivoresubo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:50:16
Modified: 2009-12-16 01:04:43
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Aeronian to the top of the Telychian or 440.80000 to 433.40000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aeronian440.8 - 438.5Canada (Quebec) B. gibbae (185537)
Aeronian440.8 - 438.5United Kingdom (England) B. tenuimucronatum (50285)
Aeronian - Telychian440.8 - 433.4United Kingdom (Wales) B. sp. (50284)
Aeronian - Telychian440.8 - 433.4Canada (Quebec) B. sp. (184409)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4United Kingdom (Worcestershire) B. buttingtonense (50280 194956) B. tenuimucronatum (50279)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4United Kingdom (Shropshire) B. tenuimucronatum (49579 49585 49599)