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Reedolithus

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Trinucleidae

Taxonomy
Reedolithus was named by Bancroft (1929) [Sepkoski's age data: O Llde-l O Cara-l]. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Reedolithus Bancroft
2002Reedolithus Jell and Adrain p. 438
2002Reedolithus 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
genusReedolithusBancroft 1929

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. †Reedolithus Bancroft 1929
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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: limitedg
Created: 2010-01-23 05:29:35
Modified: 2010-01-23 07:29:35
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Llandeilo to the top of the Marshbrookian or 461.10000 to 454.00000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Llandeilo466.0 - 460.9Sweden R. sp. (2939 2940)
Late/Upper Llandeilo461.1 - 458.4Norway R. sp. (3250)
Uhaku - Kukruse459.7 - 456.8Norway (Oslo Asker) R. carinatus (194770)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.4 - 454.0Norway R. sp. (2945)
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0United Kingdom (Scotland) R. subradiatus (208121 208122 208124 208129)
Burrellian456.6 - 452.5United Kingdom (Scotland) R. subradiatus (192745)