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Barrandia

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Nileidae

Taxonomy
Barrandia was named by M'Coy (1849) [Sepkoski's age data: O Trem O Ashg-u Sepkoski's reference number: 690].

It was assigned to Nileidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
B. homfrayi, B. mccoyi
Species lacking formal opinion data
B. cordai

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Barrandia M'Coy p. 409
2002Barrandia Jell and Adrain p. 347
2002Barrandia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyCyclopygoideaRaymond 1925
familyNileidaeAngelin 1854
genusBarrandia

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. †Barrandia M'Coy 1849
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†Barrandia homfrayi Hicks 1875
†Barrandia mccoyi Walcott 1884
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
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959).g
Created: 2009-06-08 12:28:42
Modified: 2009-06-08 14:28:42
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Blackhillsian to the top of the Whiterockian or 475.30000 to 457.30000 Ma

Collections (43 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenig477.1 - 468.0United Kingdom (England) B. sp. (3704 3706)
Blackhillsian475.3 - 471.3USA (Utah) B. sp. (63846)
Dapingian471.3 - 469.4USA (Utah) B. sp. (104193 104196)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3USA (Utah) B. sp. (104242 104243 104244 104245 104246 104248 104249 104261 104268 105783 105784 105785 105786 105787)
Early/Lower Llanvirn468.0 - 461.1United Kingdom (Wales) B. homfrayi (69843 69844)
Early/Lower Llanvirn468.0 - 461.1United Kingdom B. homfrayi (69742 69811 69814 69815 69816 69817 69818 69820 69836 69839 69840) B. sp., B. homfrayi (69846)
Early/Lower Llanvirn468.0 - 461.1United Kingdom (England) B. sp. (3707)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2United Kingdom B. homfrayi (69704 69705 69706 69709 69740 69767)
Llandeilo461.1 - 458.2United Kingdom (Wales) B. cordai (216511)
Harnagian458.2 - 457.2Ireland B. sp. (50607)
Sandbian458.2 - 452.8United Kingdom (Wales) B. sp. (120626)