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Nevadella

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Nevadiidae

Taxonomy
Nevadella was named by Raw (1936) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Atda-u Sepkoski's reference number: 81]. It is not extant. Its type is Callavia eucharis.

It was assigned to Nevadioidea by Lieberman (2001); to Olenellida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Nevadiidae by Palmer and Repina (1993), Whittington et al. (1997) and Bushuev et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Nevadella Raw
1993Nevadella Palmer and Repina p. 31
1997Nevadella Whittington et al. p. 428
2001Nevadella Lieberman p. 106
2002Nevadella Sepkoski
2014Nevadella Bushuev et al. p. 356

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderOlenellina
superfamilyFallotaspidoideaHupe 1953
familyNevadiidaeHupé 1953
genusNevadellaRaw 1936

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.

G. †Nevadella Raw 1936
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Nevadella bacculenta Fritz 1972
Nevadella cartlandi Raw 1909
Nevadella effusa Repina 1974
Nevadella eucharis Walcott 1913
Nevadella faceta Fritz 1972
Nevadella keelensis Abe et al. 2010
Nevadella mountjoyi Fritz 1992
Nevadella perfecta Walcott 1913
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. R. Palmer and L. N. Repina 1993Nevadiidae with glabella distinctly tapered forward, sides slightly concave so that width is narrowest opposite L2 or S2. Preglabellar field short (sag.) or absent. Basal glabellar width about equal to width of extraocular area opposite midlength of ocular lobe. Posterior tips of ocular lobes opposite Ll. Width of interocular area more than one-fourth width of extraocular area opposite midlength of ocular lobe. Thorax of 17 to 23 segments. Pleural spines long, falcate. Opisthothorax not clearly differentiated. Pygidium small, subquad rate.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Spines: majorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Whittington et al. (1997).g
Created: 2009-06-08 10:26:35
Modified: 2009-06-08 12:26:35
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Tommotian to the top of the Lenian or 525.50000 to 510.20000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cambrian538.8 - 509.0USA (Nevada) N. sp. (204025 204027 204031 204032)
Early/Lower Cambrian538.8 - 509.0Canada (Northwest Territories) N. bacculenta (156152) N. faceta (156143 156150 156156 156157) N. sp. (156147 156158) N. sp., N. bacculenta (156145)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Yakutiya) N. sp., N. effusa (179712)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Canada (British Columbia) N. sp. (49012 49013 49014 49015)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Canada (Northwest Territories) N. keelensis (157302)
Montezuman - Atdabanian520.0 - 516.0USA (Nevada) N. sp., N. eucharis (10496)
Lenian516.0 - 510.2Canada (Alberta) N. eucharis (10871) N. eucharis, N. perfecta (10866) N. mountjoyi (10869 10870) N. perfecta (10872 10873 10874 10875)
Botomian - Caerfai516.0 - 509.0USA (Nevada) N. sp. (9315 9316)