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Randaynia langdoni

Trilobita - Asaphida - Symphysurinidae

Taxonomy
Randaynia langdoni was named by Boyce (1989) [Paratypes: NFM F-123-6.]. Its type specimen is NFM F-125, a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is BH-47, which is in a Jeffersonian peritidal reef rocks in the Boat Harbour Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Randaynia langdoni Boyce p. 63 figs. Pl. 38, figs. 8-11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyCyclopygoideaRaymond 1925
familySymphysurinidaeKobayashi 1955
genusRandaynia
specieslangdoni

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.

†Randaynia langdoni Boyce 1989
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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-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2009-10-11 08:22:09
Modified: 2020-06-15 15:27:39
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Jeffersonian or 485.40000 to 470.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Jeffersonian485.4 - 470.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Randaynia langdoni (106228 type locality: 106229)