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Edmundsonia typa

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae

Taxonomy
Edmundsonia typa was named by Cooper (1953) [This was the holotype for Dionide holdoni (Raymond 1920); Dionide holdeni of Cooper 1953 includes the holotype of Dionide contrita (Raymond 1920) plus part of Dionide holdoni.]. Its type specimen is MCZ 1590, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Edmundsonia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Edmundsonia typa Cooper p. 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyRaphiophoridaeAngelin 1854
subfamilyRaphiophorinaeAngelin 1854
genusEdmundsonia
speciestypa

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.

Edmundsonia typa Cooper 1953
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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: 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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available