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Ischyrotoma parallela

Trilobita - Proetida - Dimeropygidae

Taxonomy
Ischyrotoma parallela was named by Boyce (1989) [Paratype: NFM F-86, F-112.]. Its type specimen is NFM F-178, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is BH-95A-114, which is in a Cassinian peritidal lime mudstone/wackestone in the Catoche Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Ischyrotoma parallela Boyce p. 60 figs. Pl. 36, fig. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
familyDimeropygidaeHupe 1953
genusIschyrotoma
speciesparallela

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.

Ischyrotoma parallela Boyce 1989
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-10 08:14:46
Modified: 2009-06-10 10:14:46
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Alvarez et al. 2008, Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Tulean or 480.80000 to 474.90000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Jeffersonian485.4 - 470.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Ischyrotoma parallela (133147)
Jeffersonian485.4 - 470.0Canada (Newfoundland) Ischyrotoma parallela (195756 195785)
Cassinian482.3 - 470.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Ischyrotoma parallela (type locality: 106238 106239)
Tulean480.8 - 474.9Norway (Spitsbergen) Ischyrotoma parallela (189832 189837)
Tulean - Blackhillsian480.8 - 470.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Ischyrotoma parallela (196381)