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Bronteopsis

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Styginidae

Taxonomy
Bronteopsis was named by Nicholson and Etheridge (1879). Its type is Ogygia concentrica.

It was assigned to Stygininae by Owen and Bruton (1980); to Corynexochida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Styginidae by Skjeseth (1955) and Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Bronteopsis Nicholson and Etheridge
1955Bronteopsis Skjeseth
1980Bronteopsis Owen and Bruton
2002Bronteopsis Jell and Adrain p. 352
2002Bronteopsis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyStyginidaeVogdes 1890
subfamilyStygininaeVogdes 1890
genusBronteopsisNicholson and Etheridge 1879

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. †Bronteopsis Nicholson and Etheridge 1879
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†Bronteopsis brumleyi Cooper 1953
†Bronteopsis concentrica Nicholson and Etheridge 1879
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Invalid names: Bronteopsis scotia Reed 1904 [synonym]
†Bronteopsis hotledahli Skjeseth 1955
†Bronteopsis marginata Raymond 1925
†Bronteopsis panderi Schmidt 1904
†Bronteopsis toernquisti Moberg and Segerberg 1906
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959).g
Created: 2009-06-10 09:02:48
Modified: 2009-06-10 11:02:48
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Varangu to the top of the Pridoli or 485.40000 to 419.20000 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Varangu485.4 - 484.5Sweden B. toernquisti (162445)
Early/Lower Llanvirn468.0 - 461.1Norway B. sp. (3180)
Early/Lower Llandeilo466.0 - 460.9Norway B. sp. (2950)
Early/Lower Llandeilo466.0 - 460.9Sweden B. sp. (2939)
Lasnamagi463.5 - 460.9Sweden (Siljan) B. sp. (2943)
Late/Upper Llanvirn463.5 - 460.9Sweden B. sp. (2942)
Late/Upper Llandeilo461.1 - 458.4Norway B. sp. (3250)
Llandeilo461.1 - 458.4Sweden (Vastergotland) B. sp. (77097)
Uhaku - Lasnamagi459.7 - 460.9Norway (Nes-Hamar) B. holtedahli (163466)
Costonian - Harnagian458.4 - 457.2Sweden B. sp. (2767)
Aurelucian458.4 - 456.6United Kingdom (Scotland) B. matutina (181541)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.4 - 454.0Norway B. sp. (2948)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.4 - 454.0China (GanSu) B. sp. (8550)
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0Russian Federation (Siberia) B. transversalis (206164)
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0United Kingdom (Scotland) B. concentrica (208115 208116 208120)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5USA (Virginia) B. sp. (326 327)
Kukruse458.0 - 456.8Norway B. concentrica (164270)
Burrellian456.6 - 452.5United Kingdom (Scotland) B. concentrica (165043)
Marshbrookian455.0 - 454.0China (ShanXi) B. sp. (7883)
Oandu453.0 - 451.8Norway B. sp. (163187)
Katian453.0 - 445.2Russian Federation (Siberia) B. transversalis (205628)
Kralodvorian449.8 - 445.2Spain (Zaragoza) B. sp. (21057)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (Wales) B. sp. (3675)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Sweden (Dalarne) B. concentrica (164282)