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Famatinolithus

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Trinucleidae

Taxonomy
Famatinolithus was named by Harrington and Leanza (1957) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren-l]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Cryptolithinae by Harrington and Leanza (1957); to Trinucleidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Famatinolithus Harrington and Leanza
2002Famatinolithus Jell and Adrain p. 376
2002Famatinolithus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyTrinucleidaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusFamatinolithusHarrington and Leanza 1957

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. †Famatinolithus Harrington and Leanza 1957
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Famatinolithus noticus Harrington and Leanza 1957
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindg
Created: 2010-01-23 05:48:48
Modified: 2010-01-23 07:48:48
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Floian to the top of the Arenig or 477.70000 to 466.00000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Bolivia F. sp. (9103)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Bolivia (Avilés) F. sp. (9104)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Argentina F. sp. (8777 8783 8878)
Floian477.7 - 470.0Argentina (La Rioja) F. noticus (116141 116142 116143 116144)
Early/Lower Llanvirn468.0 - 461.1Argentina (Jujuy) F. jujuyensis (167379) F. sp. (8778)