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Strettonia

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Dorypygidae

Taxonomy
Strettonia was named by Cobbold (1931) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Boto-l Cm lMid Sepkoski's reference number: 80,81,885]. It is not extant. Its type is Strettonia comleyensis.

It was assigned to Dorypygidae by Cobbold (1931), Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Corynexochida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
S. comleyensis (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by H. Street on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Strettonia Cobbold
2002Strettonia Jell and Adrain p. 448
2002Strettonia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderCorynexochinaKobayashi 1935
familyDorypygidaeKobayashi 1935
genusStrettoniaCobbold 1931

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. †Strettonia Cobbold 1931
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Strettonia comleyensis Cobbold 1931
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. S. Cobbold 1931Dorsal shield convex, with relatively strong axial lobe. Test granular, the granules tending towards linear arrangement. Cephalon elongate, semi-elliptical to semicircular. Cranidium trapezoidal, features in strong relief; axial lobe narrowing towards the occipital ring; glabella extending to the anterior border, with four pairs of side furrows, more or less obsolete anteriorly, and tending to sink into pits within, and independent of, the dorsal furrow; dorsal furrow clearly marked, sinking to a pit at a point in advance of the palpebral ridge independently of the glabellar furrows, coalescing with the anterior intra-marginal furrow; front border consisting of a narrow, convex, marginal rim limited by a sharply marked furrow; occipital ring well defined ; fixed cheeks sub-triangular, laterally steeply inclined; palpebral ridge short, not connected to the glabella; palpebral lobe rather long (one-third, more or less, of the length of the cranidium), depressed; facial suture, posterior branch a slightly sigmoidal curve extending outwards and downwards to the rounded lateral angles, anterior branch unknown. :Free cheek triangular with convex border and genal spine. Thorax unknown. Pygidium (?). In the pygidium associated with the genotype the anterior axial lobe is partially divided by a transverse groove, and the bases of the pleural spines are seen to originate from the anterior half, while the corresponding axial spine rises from the
posterior portion.
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 06:22:53
Modified: 2009-12-14 08:22:53
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 Branchian to the top of the Atdabanian or 516.20000 to 516.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Poland S. cobboldi (72261)
Branchian516.2 - 506.5United Kingdom (England) S. comleyensis (79928)