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Endymioniinae

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae

Taxonomy
Endymioniidae was named by Raymond (1920).

It was reranked as the subfamily Endymioniinae by Fortey (1975), Hoel (1999).

It was assigned to Raphiophoridae by Fortey (1975), Hoel (1999).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Endymioniinae Fortey p. 64
1999Endymioniinae Hoel

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyRaphiophoridaeAngelin 1854
subfamilyEndymioniinae(Raymond 1920)
subfamilyEndymioniinae(Raymond 1920)

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.

Subfm. †Endymioniinae Raymond 1920
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G. †Anisonotella Whittington 1965
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Anisonotella glacialis Billings 1865
Invalid names: Anisonotus Raymond 1920 [replaced]
G. †Carinocranium Dean 1989
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G. †Endymionia Billings 1865
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Endymionia canningi Legg 1976
Endymionia clavaria Fortey 1975
Endymionia meeki Billings 1862
Endymionia raymondi Whittington 1965
Endymionia schucherti Raymond 1920
Endymionia semielliptica Chang and Fan 1960
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Invalid names: Endymionia circularis Zhang 1981 [synonym], Endymionia nodosa Zhang 1981 [synonym], Endymionia ordosensis Lu in Lu et al 1976 [synonym]
Invalid names: Endymion Billings 1862 [replaced]
G. †Lehnertia Vaccari et al. 2006
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Lehnertia nawisapa Vaccari et al. 2006
G. †Pytine Fortey 1975
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Pytine brevicauda Wiman 1905
Pytine graia Fortey 1975
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: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-12-13 23:10:26
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:27:49
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Tremadoc to the top of the Sandbian or 486.40000 to 452.80000 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ibexian488.9 - 471.3Norway (Spitsbergen) Pytine graia (106475)
Tremadocian - Floian486.85 - 471.3Norway (Eiker-Sandsvær) Pytine brevicauda (190883 190886)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Canada (Alberta) Carinocranium cariniferum (10930)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (QingHai) Endymionia sp. (8687)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0Norway (Spitsbergen) Endymionia sp. (76645)
Billingen475.6 - 471.3Norway (Spitsbergen) Endymionia indet., Pytine graia (106473)
Billingen475.6 - 471.3Sweden (Närne) Ampyx obtusus (192903)
Billingen475.6 - 471.3Sweden Ampyx obtusus (192904)
Bendigonian474.9 - 473.1Australia (Western Australia) Endymionia sp. (157165 157167 157168)
Chazyan471.3 - 457.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Endymionia schucherti (104861)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3USA (Nevada) Endymionia meeki (14232 80062)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Anisonotella glacialis, Endymionia schucherti (104868) Endymionia schucherti (104813 104817 104855) Endymionia sp., Anisonotella glacialis (104864)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3Norway (Spitsbergen) Endymionia clavaria (106477) Endymionia raymondi (106480)
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2Norway (Spitsbergen) Pytine graia (190973)
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2Australia (Western Australia) Endymionia canningi (236051)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Endymionia schucherti (78099)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2China (Xinjiang) Endymionia semielliptica (188332 188334)
Early/Lower Llandeilo461.1 - 458.2China (XinJiang) Endymionia sp. (20804)
Late/Upper Llanvirn461.1 - 458.2Argentina (San Juan) Lehnertia nawisapa (73385)
Sandbian458.2 - 452.8China (Xinjiang) Endymionia semielliptica (188342)
Sandbian458.2 - 452.8United Kingdom (Scotland) Ampyx hornei (208115 208116 208120 208129)
Burrellian456.6 - 452.5United Kingdom (Scotland) Ampyx hornei (165043 192744)