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Tersella

Trilobita - Proetida - Hystricuridae

Taxonomy
Tersella was named by Petrunina (1973). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Hystricuridae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Hystricurinae by Adrain et al. (2003).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Tersella Petrunina
2002Tersella Jell and Adrain p. 452
2003Tersella Adrain et al. p. 561

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
familyHystricuridaeHupé 1953
subfamilyHystricurinaeHupe 1953
genusTersellaPetrunina 1973

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. †Tersella Petrunina 1973
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Tersella sainsburyi Ross 1965
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: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:34:11
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:34:11
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Ordovician to the top of the Llanvirn or 485.40000 to 458.40000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Russian Federation (Siberia) T. sp. (9275 9278 9285)
Early/Lower Ordovician485.4 - 470.0USA (Alaska) Hystricurus sainsburyi (100357 100358 101846)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4USA (Alaska) Hystricurus sainsburyi (101853)