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Robergiella sagittalis

Trilobita - Asaphida - Remopleurididae

Taxonomy
Robergiella sagittalis was named by Whittington (1959) [Paratypes: USNM 137680]. Its type specimen is USNM 137679, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Loc. 14, Lacey Spring area, which is in a Blackriveran carbonate limestone in the Edinburg Formation of Virginia. It is the type species of Robergiella.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Robergiella sagittalis Whittington p. 432 figs. Pl. 6, figs. 16, 17

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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
genusRobergiella
speciessagittalis

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.

Robergiella sagittalis Whittington 1959
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Blackriveran or 457.30000 to 449.60000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llandeilo - Caradoc461.1 - 449.5Canada (Northwest Territories) Robergiella sagittalis (316)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Virginia) Robergiella sagittalis (type locality: 105247 105254 105255)