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Goniotelina plicolabeonus

Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae

Taxonomy
Goniotelina plicolabeonus was named by Young (1973) [Questionably assigned to genus by author. Paratypes: BYU 2122-6.]. Its type specimen is BYU 2121, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is H-20, which is in a Blackhillsian open shallow subtidal grainstone in the Fillmore Formation of Utah.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Goniotelina plicolabeonus Young p. 99 figs. Pl. 5, figs. 17-19

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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
familyBathyuridaeWalcott 1886
genusGoniotelina
speciesplicolabeonus

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.

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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
Spines: majorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-09 21:23:03
Modified: 2009-06-09 23:23:03
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: Blackhillsian or 475.30000 to 471.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blackhillsian475.3 - 471.3USA (Utah) Goniotelina plicolabeonus (type locality: 69261)