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Eorobergia grandis

Trilobita - Asaphida - Remopleurididae

Taxonomy
Eorobergia grandis was named by Whittington (1965). Its type specimen is GSC 18256, a cephalothorax, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Eorobergia grandis Whittington p. 380 figs. Pl. 43, , figs. 1, 3, 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyRemopleurididaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusEorobergia
speciesgrandis

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.

Eorobergia grandis Whittington 1965
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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: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektobenthicf
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-04-13 10:12:30
Modified: 2009-12-14 07:33:04
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Whiterockian or 470.00000 to 457.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Eorobergia grandis (104863) Eorobergia sp. (104871 104874)