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Heliomeroides treta

Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Taxonomy
Heliomeroides treta was named by Evitt (1951). Its type specimen is USNM 116293, a cephalon/head (glabella only), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Heliomeroides treta Evitt p. 601 figs. Pl. 85, figs. 15-23

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyCheiruridaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusHeliomeroides
speciestreta

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.

Heliomeroides treta Evitt 1951
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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: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedg
Created: 2010-01-13 03:26:07
Modified: 2010-01-13 05:26:07
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available