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Ectenonotus whittingtoni

Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae

Taxonomy
Ectenonotus whittingtoni was named by Ross and Barnes (1967) [Paratypes: cranidia USNM 145830-145833, 145836; cephalon, USNM 145834; hypostome, USNM 145835; pygidia, USNM 145837-145839; librigena, USNM 145840. Includes Ectenonotus cf. westoni from Whittington 1961 (MCZ 5673).]. Its type specimen is USNM 145829, a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is D 727 CO, which is in a Rangerian shallow subtidal limestone in the Antelope Valley Formation of Nevada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Ectenonotus whittingtoni Ross and Barnes p. D24 figs. Pl. 8, figs 1-3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyPliomeridaeRaymond 1913
subfamilyCybelopsinae
genusEctenonotus
specieswhittingtoni

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.

Ectenonotus whittingtoni Ross and Barnes 1967
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the to the top of the Dapingian or 470.30000 to 467.30000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rangerian470.0 - 470.3USA (Nevada) Ectenonotus westoni (type locality: 104289) Ectenonotus whittingtoni (297 37491 80067 80068 104453 104652 104653)
Rangerian470.0 - 470.3USA (Utah) Ectenonotus whittingtoni (37457 37458 37461 37462 37464)
Dapingian470.0 - 467.3USA (California) Ectenonotus whittingtoni (104639)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (Nevada) Ectenonotus whittingtoni (37481 37482 80065 80073)