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Eorobergia marginalis

Trilobita - Asaphida - Remopleurididae

Taxonomy
Robergia marginalis was named by Raymond (1925). Its type specimen is MCZ 1722, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Eorobergia marginalis by Cooper (1953), Nikolaisen (1991) and Fortey and Bruton (2013).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Robergia marginalis Raymond p. 61 figs. Plate 3, fig. 11
1953Eorobergia marginalis Cooper p. 21
1991Eorobergia marginalis Nikolaisen
2013Eorobergia marginalis Fortey and Bruton

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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
speciesmarginalis()

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 marginalis Raymond 1925
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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: Whiterockian or 470.00000 to 457.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3Canada (Quebec) Eorobergia marginalis (111363 111461)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (Oklahoma) Eorobergia marginalis (105612 105615)