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Dinesus

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dinesidae

Taxonomy
Dinesus was named by Etheridge (1896) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm mMid Sepkoski's reference number: 16]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Dinesidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Corynexochida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
D. ida
Species lacking formal opinion data
D. granulosus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Dinesus Etheridge
2002Dinesus Jell and Adrain p. 367
2002Dinesus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderCorynexochinaKobayashi 1935
familyDinesidaeLermontova 1940
genusDinesusEtheridge 1896

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. †Dinesus Etheridge 1896
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†Dinesus ida Etheridge 1896
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: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-14 06:19:02
Modified: 2009-12-14 08:19:02
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Botomian to the top of the Taijangian or 516.00000 to 504.50000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian - Duyunian521.0 - 509.0China (Gansu) D. spinellosus (181358 181361 181363)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Australia (New South Wales) D. granulosus (225136)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Russian Federation (Kemorovo) D. granulosus (57022)
Botomian - Toyonian516.0 - 510.2USA (Alaska) D. arcticus (225080) D. sp. (225079 225081)
Lenian516.0 - 510.2Russian Federation (Kemorovo) D. granulosus, D. aridus (57023) D. granulosus, D. sibiricus (57024) D. granulosus, D. sibiricus, D. aridus (57028)
Solvan510.2 - 504.5Australia (New South Wales) D. sp. (56531 56533)
Taijangian509.0 - 504.5China (Henan) D. granulosa (127072)