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Carolinites rugosus

Trilobita - Proetida - Telephinidae

Taxonomy
Carolinites rugosus was named by Fortey (1975). Its type specimen is SMA 84195, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Carolinites rugosus Fortey p. 105 figs. Pl. 34, figs. 8-10; pl. 36, figs. 2, 3, 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
familyTelephinidaeMarek 1952
genusCarolinitesKobayashi 1940
speciesrugosus

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.

Carolinites rugosus Fortey 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult height: 0.1 to < 1.0g
Spines: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: nektonicg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-09 13:01:31
Modified: 2009-09-21 22:14:59
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Harrington et al. 1959, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Whiterockian or 471.30000 to 457.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3Norway (Spitsbergen) Carolinites rugosus (106480)