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Buttsia

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Catillicephalidae

Taxonomy
Buttsia was named by Wilson (1951) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Dres-u Cm Fran-l Sepkoski's reference number: 80].

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Buttsia Wilson
2002Buttsia Jell and Adrain p. 353
2002Buttsia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyCatillicephalidaeRaymond 1938
genusButtsiaWilson 1951

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. †Buttsia Wilson 1951
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Buttsia drabensis Wilson 1951
Buttsia globosa Lu and Lin 1987
Buttsia inexpectata Fortey 1980
Buttsia parvula Khramova 1977
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
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Williams et al. (2002).g
Created: 2009-06-02 14:44:20
Modified: 2009-06-02 16:44:20
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Guzhangian to the top of the Tremadoc or 500.50000 to 477.10000 Ma

Collections (61 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cambrian538.8 - 486.85USA (Pennsylvania) B. drabensis (156659)
Mayan504.5 - 499.5Russian Federation (Gorniy Altay Republic) B. pinga (10175)
Mayan - Ayusokkanian504.5 - 497.0Russian Federation B. contracta, B. parvula (81113) B. parvula (232895 232896)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) B. globosa (49177 49181 49182 126311 126314 126327 126328 126330 126346 126347 126348 126439 128931) B. spectabilis (128929 128930)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Zhejiang) B. globosa (125542 125686)
Ayusokkanian499.5 - 497.0Russian Federation (Altai (Region)) B. pinga (10064)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Pennsylvania) B. completa (156632) B. drabensis (9262 9263 9264 62082 156631 156635 156636 156637 156638 156640 156641 156643 156645 156647 156658 156666)
Franconian497.0 - 486.85USA (Oklahoma) B. drabensis (221069)
Franconian497.0 - 486.85USA (Arkansas) B. drabensis (77107)
Franconian497.0 - 486.85Canada (Newfoundland) B. sp. (197982)
Franconian - Dolgellian497.0 - 486.85USA (Missouri) B. drabensis (9586)
Furongian497.0 - 486.85USA (Arkansas) B. drabensis (229129 229131 229193 229194 229196)
Dolgellian490.2 - 486.85USA (Pennsylvania) B. drabensis (62079 62080 62083 62084 62085 62086 62092 62093 62094 62095)
Ibexian488.9 - 471.3Norway (Spitsbergen) B. inexpectata (106472)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Argentina B. australis (8897)