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Turrilepadidae

Polychaeta - Phyllodocida - Turrilepadidae

Taxonomy
Turrilepadidae was named by Clark (1896).

It was assigned to Turrilepadomorpha by Cornwall (1927), Adrain (1992); to Machaeridia by Adrain et al. (1995); and to Cuniculepadida by Parry et al. (2019).

Subtaxa
Turrilepas

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Turrilepadidae Clark
1927Turrilepadidae Cornwall p. 400
1992Turrilepadidae Adrain p. 27
1995Turrilepadidae Adrain et al.
2019Turrilepadidae Parry et al. p. 4 fig. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumAnnelidaLamarck 1809
classPolychaetaGrube 1850
RankNameAuthor
subclassAciculataRouse and Fauchald 1997
orderPhyllodocidaDales 1962
suborderAphroditiformiaLevinsen 1883
—Machaeridia
—CuniculepadidaParry et al. 2014
familyTurrilepadidaeClark 1896
familyTurrilepadidaeClark 1896

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. †Turrilepadidae Clark 1896
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G. †Turrilepas Woodward 1865
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: grazerc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-21 12:29:35
Modified: 2009-09-21 14:29:35
Source: c = class
Reference: Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Tremadoc to the top of the Serpukhovian or 486.40000 to 323.40000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1United Kingdom (Scotland) Turrilepadidae indet. (184347)
Zahorany - Late/Upper Ordovician459.3 - 443.1Czechia Turrilepas striatula (3865)
Porkuni445.2 - 443.1Sweden (Östergötland) Turrilepas sp. (186269)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9USA (Alaska) Turrilepas n. sp. A (99507)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9United Kingdom Turrilepas sp. (99376)
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0Australia (Australian Capital Territory) Turrilepas sp. (25683)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Canada (Yukon) Turrilepas sp. (606)
Chadian346.7 - 339.9USA (Indiana) Turrilepas sp. (2208)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 339.9USA (Indiana) Turrilepas sp. (557)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4USA (Oklahoma) Turrilepas whithersi (5611)