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Myttonia

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Trinucleidae

Taxonomy
Myttonia was named by Whittard (1955) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren-l Sepkoski's reference number: 2]. It is not extant.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Myttonia Whittard
2002Myttonia Jell and Adrain p. 409
2002Myttonia 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
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyTrinucleidaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusMyttoniaWhittard 1955

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. †Myttonia Whittard 1955
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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 05:43:19
Modified: 2010-01-23 07:43:19
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Moridunian to the top of the Dobrotivian or 477.70000 to 457.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenig478.6 - 466.0United Kingdom (England) M. sp. (3684)
Moridunian477.7 - 473.8United Kingdom (Wales) M. fearnsidesi (235375 235376)
Dobrotivian459.0 - 457.9Spain (Cuidad Real) M. sp. (20891)