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Jeffersonia jenni

Artiopoda - Proetida - Bathyuridae

Taxonomy
Jeffersonia jenni was named by Cullison (1944). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is M. S. M. 75.28. Highway 25 down to Crystal City Glass Workers Country Club., which is in a Cassinian carbonate dolomite/chert in the Cotter Formation of Missouri.

Synonyms
  • Jeffersonia angustimarginata was named by Boyce (1989) [Paratypes: NFM F-265, F-153.]. Its type specimen is NFM F-87, a pygidium, 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.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Jeffersonia jenni by Loch (2007).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Jeffersonia jenni Cullison pp. 76 - 77 figs. Plate XXXV, figures 17-22
1989Jeffersonia angustimarginata Boyce p. 49 figs. Pl. 27, figs. 7-10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
familyBathyuridaeWalcott 1886
subfamilyBathyurinaeWalcott 1886
genusJeffersoniaPoulson 1927
speciesjenni

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.

†Jeffersonia jenni Cullison 1944
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Invalid names: Jeffersonia angustimarginata Boyce 1989 [synonym]
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-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:31:34
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:31:34
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Floian to the top of the Tulean or 477.10000 to 475.30000 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Skullrockian - Tulean488.9 - 475.3Canada (Newfoundland) Jeffersonia angustimarginata (195781)
Jeffersonian486.85 - 471.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Jeffersonia angustimarginata (106224 106230 106232 106233 106234 106236 133147)
Jeffersonian486.85 - 471.3Canada (Newfoundland) Jeffersonia angustimarginata (195756 195785)
Canadian486.85 - 457.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Jeffersonia angustimarginata (196382)
Cassinian483.4 - 471.3USA (Missouri) Jeffersonia jenni (type locality: 56439)
Cassinian483.4 - 471.3USA (Oklahoma) Jeffersonia jenni (106835 106836 106837)
Cassinian483.4 - 471.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Jeffersonia angustimarginata (69196 106238 106239 106241 133140) Jeffersonia angustimarginata, Bathyurina sp. (103540)
Cassinian483.4 - 471.3Canada (Newfoundland) Jeffersonia angustimarginata (195757 195758)
Tulean - Blackhillsian481.7 - 471.3Canada (Newfoundland) Jeffersonia angustimarginata (195779 196380) Jeffersonia jenni (196385)
Tulean - Blackhillsian481.7 - 471.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Jeffersonia angustimarginata (195776 196383)
Floian477.1 - 471.3Canada (Newfoundland) Jeffersonia angustimarginata (195746 195748)