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Hintzeia celsaora

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Pliomeridae

Taxonomy
Protopliomerops celsaora was named by Ross (1951) [Paratypes: YPM 18257, 18259-65, 18324]. Its type specimen is YPM 18258, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 6, Hillyard's Canyon, Zone "G(1)", which is in a Tulean shallow subtidal horizon in the Garden City Formation of Idaho.

It was recombined as Hintzeia celsaora by Harrington (1957), Hoel (1999), McAdams and Adrain (2011).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Protopliomerops aemula Hintze p. 206 figs. Pl. 22, figs. 14a-c
1957Hintzeia aemula Harrington p. 811
1957Hintzeia celsaora Harrington p. 811
1999Hintzeia celsaora Hoel
2011Hintzeia celsaora McAdams and Adrain p. 12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyPliomeridaeRaymond 1913
genusHintzeia
speciescelsaora()

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.

†Hintzeia celsaora Ross 1951
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Invalid names: Protopliomerops aemula Hintze 1953 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:29:43
Modified: 2009-12-16 01:33:48
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Stairsian to the top of the Tulean or 483.40000 to 475.30000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ibexian488.9 - 471.3USA (Nevada) Hintzeia celsaora (91172)
Stairsian483.4 - 481.7USA (Idaho) Hintzeia celsaora (228283)
Tulean481.7 - 475.3USA (Utah) Hintzeia celsaora (228303) Protopliomerops aemula (104086 104087) Protopliomerops celsaora (104090 104096 104114 104146)
Tulean481.7 - 475.3USA (Idaho) Protopliomerops celsaora (type locality: 103821)